It ain’t half not very hot mum

Slip, slop and slapping are Isabelle Northey, 2, who applied sun block to Chloe Beckinsale’s, 7, back at Brighton Beach, south of Dunedin, on Saturday.

Temperatures reached 18°C in Dunedin city, making it the 85th-warmest of the places MetService gets readings from around the country.

The South’s inland area was a different story — Alexandra was the warmest place in the country on Saturday, reaching 31.8°C at the airport, followed by Twizel where it reached 31.3°C, then Tara Hills, near Omarama, with 31°C and Wānaka Aerodrome fourth on 30.3°C.

In contrast, Invercargill and Gore were respectively the fourth and fifth-wettest spots in the country on Saturday. Showers around the South are forecast to clear to fine over Westland and Fiordland this afternoon and become isolated elsewhere.