.....🌀Someone pulled the plug just off the #Wairarapa coast, look at the wind circling around the centre of the storm, ramped up further by the Southern Alps and incoming high pressure.
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) May 1, 2025
Sustained southerlies roaring into Wellington/lower North Island at 90km/h, gusting much higher. pic.twitter.com/Qc4tQJJi9M