A broad high will move slowly over New Zealand throughout Friday and Saturday, followed by a front advancing over the country from Sunday night and into next week.

While the high will bring more settled conditions, it will be what MetService are describing as a ‘dirty high', with plenty of moisture at low levels spoiling the blue skies in some areas.

A weekend of fine weather is on the way before more showers on Monday

'As the mercury climbs with high pressure moving in, it'll be a fine and possibly frosty start on Friday for the upper North Island,” says MetService meteorologist Rob Kerr.

'But a change to north-easterlies on Saturday will push isolated showers across the area, including Auckland.

'The sunniest spots for the weekend will be Christchurch and Nelson, with Gisborne and Napier/Hastings catching up on Saturday as the remaining showers clear out of those eastern regions.”

The Bay's daily highs will sit around the 15 degree mark, with overnight lows ranging from three to nine degrees over the coming days. Looking beyond the weekend, a front brings rain to western parts of the South Island on Sunday night, and to the North Island late on Monday or early on Tuesday.

An easing south-west flow follows this front, ahead of another ridge moving in towards the end of next week.