Photo: Kate Green
It's been a wet and wild start to the school holidays.
On Friday residents in Tapawera and Tadmor Valley near Nelson were warned to move to higher ground as a state of emergency remains in place.
Mandatory evacuation orders came into force for parts of Spring Creek, north of Blenheim
Now all eyes - are on Dunedin and Clutha where an orange rain and snowfall warning is in place until later this evening.
MetService's head of weather news Heather Keats talks to Mihi.