La Niña and El Niño, explained: What are they, and will heavy rain in the North end?

A dramatic change in weather might be on the way for the North Island. Scientists explain what's going on.

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So potentially a dryer Spring and Summer this year? I enjoyed not having water restrictions last year, but I'm really over the rain now
- Yeah, unfortunately we might end up going from one extreme to the other... this El Nino is projected to be strong, so could be very dry in some areas.
  
  Also, probably means a particularly windy summer (which is not great for Wellingtonians!)