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There is a severe weather warning for the central North Island.
A front is expected to move slowly east across the North Island overnight and during most of tomorrow.
There's a overnight heavy rain warning for the Bay of Plenty and Taupo, which will continue onto Sunday.
Rain is also expected to be heavy at times from Taranaki across to Tongariro National Park and north to Waikato, and also for the Tararua Range.
Another front is also expected to move up the South Island tomorrow, bringing heavy rain to West Coast and Alps, Southland and Otago. The heaviest falls are expected in the ranges of Westland.
People in these areas are being advised to keep up to date with the latest forecasts.
Meanwhile, Cyclone Bune has weakened slightly this afternoon, classing as a strong Category Two cyclone down from Category Three this morning.
Today, the storm has been drifting very slowly in a south easterly direction.
It is expected to track to the east of New Zealand midway through next week. There's a chance of dangerous rips and surfs along the east coast during that time.
At this stage, the cyclone is not expected to hit New Zealand directly, but people at east coast beaches should expect large rips.
Yesterday, MetService Chief Forecaster Peter Kreft said it was too early to make predictions about its effect on New Zealand because of the high degree of uncertainty about its track.
But he said MetService will be monitoring the cyclone in case it
becomes likely it will bring severe weather and heavy ocean
swells.
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