An unseasonable dump of snow has created some stunning landscapes in the deep south, including this vista from near Queenstown.
This video was captured by a 1 NEWS cameraman this morning, after an unseasonal snow dump, just a few weeks out from the official start of summer.
Further south, in Arrowtown, residents woke up to a winter wonderland.
Widespread snowfall was also recorded across Southland, Otago, Canterbury, Fiordland and parts of Westland and Marlborough overnight.
The snowfall accompanied a deep low which passed over the south last night, and is still bringing rain to parts of Canterbury and Otago this morning.
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Meanwhile a catamaran washed up on a road in Nelson.
And in the north, a front of heavy rain is this morning passing over, with the majority of rain set to hit the east coast by late afternoon.
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