MetService says a front is forecast to move slowly southwards across the east coast of the South Island today and tomorrow, delivering a period of rain.

Heavy falls are likely on the Kaikoura Coast and Canterbury.

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23 Dec: A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Dunedin accused of threatening police with a knife and biting an officer

23 Dec: Authorities are bemused by a rare case of dumpster diving for cheese - then sold on the black market in South Waikato

22 Dec: Police are responding to a serious water incident north of Napier

22 Dec: Wellington Water crews are responding to a wastewater overflow in Grenada Village which flows to the Porirua Stream

22 Dec: Police are appealing for any witnesses to a crash on Cheyne Road, Pyes Pa in Tauranga, last week

22 Dec: Southland Police have arrested eight people and seized drugs, firearms and cash during a series of search warrants last week

22 Dec: A person's in hospital with serious injuries after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in Auckland's Mount Eden

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International:
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