World | winter weather Auckland Sees Snow for 1st Time in 80 Years Other parts of New Zealand also affected for first time in decades By Evann Gastaldo Posted Aug 15, 2011 10:44 AM CDT Copied People walk through a main street under snow in Auckland, New Zealand, Monday, Aug, 15, 2011. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Sarah Ivey) Downtown Auckland is seeing snow for the first time in 80 years today, as a "once in a lifetime" blast of winter weather hits New Zealand. "If Auckland is getting reports of snow flurries now at the warmest point of the day that makes you wonder about what might be coming tonight," says one forecaster, adding that similar conditions have not been seen in the area since the 1930s. Snow was also reported in Wellington in levels not seen since the 1970s, and in Wanganui for the first time since 1974, the New Zealand Herald reports. Read These Next A game of doorbell ditch turns fatal for 11-year-old. Is India, under hefty tariffs, turning away from the US? Guy accused of snatching hat from boy at US Open IDed as rich CEO. At Colorado airport: collision, flames, death. Report an error