New Zealand Weather

Northland

Dargaville, Kaitaia, Paihia, Whangarei

Auckland

Auckland City

Coromanel

Thames

Waikato

Hamilton, Te Kuiti, Tokoroa

Bay of Plenty

Rotorua, Tauranga, Whakatane

East Coast

Gisborne

Central Plateau

Taumarunui, Taupo

Hawkes Bay

Hastings, Napier

Taranaki

New Plymouth

Manawatu-Wanganui

Dannevirke, Levin, Palmerston North, Wanganui

Wairarapa

Masterton

Wellington

Paraparaumu, Wellington City

Nelson

Motueka, Nelson City

Marlborough

Blenheim

West Coast

Greymouth, Hokitika, Reefton, Westport

Canterbury

Ashburton, Christchurch, Kaikoura, Timaru

Otago

Alexandra, Dunedin, Oamaru, Queenstown, Wanaka

Southland

Gore, Invercargill

As a country with a substantial amount of business in the tourism and agricultural industries, the New Zealand climate has a large part to play in determining the country's annual gross domestic product.

Many successful businesses in these industries have a high respect for how our country's climate can affect their business, and in turn they tend to have an above average understanding of weather patterns in their own particular region of operation.

New Zealand tends to have milder weather patterns without any particular extremes in temperature. New Zealand also sees moderately high rainfall combined with reasonable number of hours of sunshine.

As the country is long, narrow and dominated by a long line of high mountains, the sea and terrain have a large part to play in determining the country's daily weather. As the terrain can be so unique, some parts of the country can experience quite different weather patterns to others, therefore making some regions great for citrus and wine growing while other regions are perfect for winter snow sports.

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