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An active warm air mass will be "rung out like a sponge" over parts of the country this week, bringing heavy rain warnings, humidity and warm nights.
MetService issued orange heavy rain warnings for the next two days over parts of the North Island including Tauranga, Rotorua and Coromandel and a heavy rain watch over Hamilton, Taupo and New Plymouth.
Some of the South Island's West Coast also received orange warnings with parts of Southland including Te Anau being on a strong wind watch.
Most of the warnings are set
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