In today's weather we are expecting a fine day with possible morning frosts. Southwesterlies should be easing.

It's a four-clothing layer and one-windproof layer day today with a high of 13 and an overnight low of 3 degrees. Humidity is 86 per cent.

Low tide is at 12.10pm and high tide is at 6.30pm. There's a sea swell of 0.1m with a sea temperature of 16 degrees. Sunset tonight is at 5.01pm.

If you're going fishing the next best fish bite time is between 10.30am and 12.30pm.

In NZ history on this day in 1936 the Māui Pōmare memorial was unveiled. Māori and Pākehā from around the country converged on Manukorihi Pā in Waitara, Taranaki, to attend the unveiling of a memorial to ‘one of New Zealand's greatest men', Sir Māui Pōmare.

In 1975 Mark Williams hits no. 1. His song 'Yesterday was just the beginning of my life' topped the New Zealand music charts for three weeks. Williams successfully combined soul and pop with an image that merged glam rock with disco.

In world history on this day in 1871 the yen became the new form of currency in Japan. In 1918 two German pilots were saved by parachutes for the first time. In 1927 the U.S.

Marines adopted the English bulldog as their mascot. In 1929 scientists at Bell Laboratories in New York revealed a system for transmitting television pictures.

Today is the birthday of American educator Helen Keller. Born in 1880, she was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degrees. She once said "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."

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Have a great day!