The North Island has largely settled weather thanks to a ridge of high pressure says WeatherWatch. There may be a few showers in the northeast today.

The strong northerlies over the South Island on Friday will have eased today, while there is still rain expected for the West Coast.

For Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty, the weather is forecast to be partly cloudy. Showers will be moving into eastern Northland through to Coromandel in the afternoon, and perhaps into the Bay of Plenty by evening. Expect northeasterly winds with highs in these regions of between 17 and 19 degrees Celsius.

Western North Island (including Central North Island)
Morning showers clear Taranaki, clearing Kapiti in the afternoon. Elsewhere expect sun and high cloud. Northerly winds.
Highs: 12-17

Eastern North Island
Sun and high cloud, north to northwesterly winds.
Highs: 16-19

Wellington
Cloudy, a few spits or showers clear in the afternoon. Breezy northwesterlies.
Highs: 15-16

Marlborough & Nelson
Mostly cloudy with a few spits or showers, eastern Marlborough may stay dry. Breezy north to northwesterly winds ease in the evening.
Highs: 16-18

Canterbury
Partly cloudy, rain in the high country eases or clears in the afternoon. Northerlies for most (breezy in the morning but easing), afternoon easterlies for a time south of Banks Peninsula.
Highs: 14-19

West Coast
Rain, heavy falls for some in the morning then easing. Fiordland may have some dry weather in the morning then rain later in the day. Northerlies tend northeast in the afternoon.
Highs: 14-17

Southland & Otago
Partly cloudy, the odd coastal shower for Southland clears in the afternoon. North to northwesterly winds ease, afternoon northeasterlies for coastal Otago.
Highs: 14-15