High pressure looks set to continue dominating the country on the last day and evening of 2022 but a few showers are possible in coastal parts of the eastern/upper North Island, says WeatherWatch.

"At this stage the showers on New Year's Eve don't look to accumulate to much for most places exposed - namely some coastal parts of Hawke's Bay, Gisborne/East Cape and eastern Northland,' says a WeatherWatch spokesperson.

"Rainfall looks to be less than 1 or 2mm for anyone that gets it - so a mostly dry. However it may also be quite cloudy for some, especially further to the north."

WeatherWatch says Auckland City looks like it will be dry on New Years' Eve, but cloudy by late evening as nor'east winds develop. A light shower is possible north of the city.

Elsewhere the rest of New Zealand looks dry on New Year's Eve with light winds or north to north east breezes.

"Windiest weather will be north of Auckland," says a WeatherWatch spokesperson.

"Calmest weather will be over the lower South Island where high pressure will be centred."

WeatherWatch says most places will be mild or about normal for December 31 although it may be cooler in the lower South Island with some places dropping into the single digits overnight/into January 1.

"For example +8C in Gore when you wake up January 1."

A small but stormy low pressure system well north west of NZ will help see those north east winds strengthen and clouds thicken across this coming weekend in the upper North Island.

"While that low is likely to fall apart before reaching NZ later next week, it may bring days of windy weather (squash zone winds) to some northern camping spots."