This year's winter has been called one of New Zealand's most destructive.
And now spring does not seem to be shaping up much better after recent gales and heavy rain in the north and snow down south on Tuesday.
This unusual weather has again put the spotlight on those whose job it is to predict the weather. In New Zealand it is changeable to say the least.
Veteran forecaster Eric Brenstrum says they get it right most of the time, helped along by the tricks of technology.
But Hawke's Bay farmer Hugh Ritchie does not particularly trust the forecast and he keeps his own rain records.
In an area of the country heavily dependant on the land, he reckons MetService resources are spread too thin.
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