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

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!)

Yeah I had mushrooms growing on my lawn this summer, was pretty nuts. Have to wear wide shoes when I got feed the chickens or I'm liable to sink into the bog, the ground just can't support any more water. Good thing we have a bunch of trees along the edge of the property keeping us in place!