"A lot of cold and wintry weather is on the way down south."

First snowstorm this season brought several inches of snow.

Ten fire engines and a command unit are fighting the blaze and a helicopter is on standby.

Don't pack away your winter wardrobe, there's rain, hail and snow in the forecast.

Metservice Weather Christchurch: November 17 - 19

Metservice Weather Wellington: November 17 - 19

Metservice Weather National: November 17 - 19

Metservice Weather Auckland: November 17 - 19

Fine weather ahead of unseasonably wintry conditions set to hit South Island.

We can thank a high pressure ridge for the warm stable weather, MetService says.

MetService Weather Christchurch: November 13th

MetService Weather New Zealand: November 13th - 14th

Chance of thunderstorms in central New Zealand and Otago this afternoon.

Humid conditions are not expected to stick around as drier weather is forecast.

The 25 year 9 students were trapped in Mt Aspiring National Park.

A mother of 11 from the Gloriavale community has died after being swept away in front of her family in a swollen West Coast river.

Rejoice Steadfast was watching the swollen river with her family when a bank collapsed.

A bridge near Arthur's Pass has been swept away by floodwater.