South Island Snow Monday 5 August

The hills above Lawrence, Otago (Clare Blackmore)

Clutha Valley South Otago (Kate Easterbrook)

Fairlight, Southland (Pete Van Berkel)

Not everyone is impressed with the snow. (Pete Van Berkel)

Mossburn Southland (Jackie Gilkison)

Even Golden Bay residents woke to the rare sight of snow on the hills of Kahurangi National Park. (Shelley Grell)

Snowing in Hokitika at Blue Spur Farmstay. (Michelle Gray Bloomfield)

Esme Partridge 12 looking towards Queenstown from the Cardrona ski fields (Christina Partridge)

RNZ's Tracy Neal took this photo of the snow above Nelson, towards Takaka hill