In today's weather forecast we are expecting a mostly cloudy day, with a few showers.

There should be afternoon fine breaks and a north easterly breeze picking up.

It's a one-clothing layer day today with a high of 23 and overnight low of 19 degrees. Humidity is 75 per cent.

Low tide is at 1.30pm and high tide is at 7.20pm. Sea temperature is 21 degrees. There's an average sea swell of .4m. Sunset tonight is at 8.35pm.

If you're going fishing today the best fish bite times are between 11.30am and 1.30pm.

This day in NZ history in 1941 the Women's Auxiliary Air Force was founded. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force –WAAF - was formed to enable the Royal New Zealand Air Force –RNZAF - to release more men for overseas service during the Second World War.

This day in world history in 1909 one of Ernest Shackleton‘s polar exploration teams reached the Magnetic South Pole.

In 1930 Amelia Earhart set an aviation record for women at 171 mph in a Lockheed Vega.

In 1991 the Persian Gulf War began. The massive U.S.-led offensive against Iraq — Operation Desert Storm — ended on February 28, 1991 when President George H. W. Bush declared a cease-fire and Iraq pledged to honour future coalition and U.N. peace terms.

In 2001 Wikipedia went on line.

A quote from poet John Keats who once wrote "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

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