{"id":558102,"date":"2026-08-03T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/558102\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:22:09","slug":"exceptionally-cold-polar-blast-grips-nz-with-low-level-snow-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/558102\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Exceptionally cold\u2019: Polar blast grips NZ with low-level snow &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxPdl9mTWkwY1VtUXJpalJ4OFBhQ0t6VFdxSUtQaGRfck10SDBpU1FIM3NXX0owc3dlUUVoOXFUQmo0c0psZkdMX3IyRmYtdVlFX0trUkxxREF0OUhDLTkxS19NeC1OV21ia1Bpc1dILS1MN0FGM2I2SjZ5WlprVVA4bExHenlZVEtTcUpnSjFnN0kxTzBiV0paWnduZWxfNWdSOE9talRQMHhyUmlwbU5oZlh1cmdVUWNTTnJkZ0ZDQkdheWdXMkV0S01obVpYZEFfNjdmMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Exceptionally cold\u2019: Polar blast grips NZ with low-level snow<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNOEdwZ0RZLXFQTEJrenZ2cktsVGxDSXQyX2JxdFlMcmZtaFBvN0tLZUJEM1AyQUw2eDVyWTg3QUs0Z1NyWG1OQVh4SGdMV3N5RmpOeXRUa3hTdHJFY3VjS2dJdGJrV2wtc1BvUGpMV0xzcHA4b2Y0YU16cklnWm9zbWRxQ3VpUEdfYXIw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live: Dunedin blanketed in snow as bitter blast sweeps the South Island<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxOM01XSXlfRFpWWk92bFAxMzk5dFkwcy1jSFRMQkFTcUJlcERuU2lMS3lzYWVveHBNOFJGZktJdTJfTENFay1SZ2F3Q2VVNGw5UzJWQTJpVDBJNllhZzBYc0FJZERPY2tfX05FSmRTYk9UaF9RNmxySVkzUzl5WWk2djVjRlVQMGNzenBkX1Mzd1Z0dkpCWEpleXZ3ZUpKSzB3Z0hHS29wV1VmYWo5Z3B6S3EzS0tZUTVjZFA0aENlVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drivers warned about snow on roads in South Island, Cook Strait ferries cancelled<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE1tNmtnMVRGOUp4THpZMnZKZ3VTZVNjOEhGTGFBaGQ2cFJHOFNWdnp6SUJVT2VWVHprSGVRNlJJLTVJMEp0SXg4UV9GcldRUnJJMFFObVN0QjFvVFNseGFMbW9kX0djNG1YUDFsYlNBSmZGanh5d1hVWXRpTHp6dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Snow closes Otago highway as polar blast hits<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ODT<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxPS3dWUlBhTGhIVzVRUUN3UjZZbUJNbEtoeWlreW12dTVISFdOYmtkcUl4VHY5b01wQ3FnVklxbEtJa29kQ0lhcGtHOVFwcFF1cER6Z0x6TmczcVhabzljdkxNZ2ZlZVdJR1dmemNKdk5XejdhYlR5ZEVtU1NyZzN3WFBFczM2YmIxUC13eWJXNnBRWGdCTXhrZ05yRHBBVHhRX1JoWnYxbjg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Coldest morning of winter ahead as snow to fall to sea level in south<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Exceptionally cold\u2019: Polar blast grips NZ with low-level snow&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldLive: Dunedin blanketed in snow as bitter blast sweeps&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[95,45290,1038,3292,8606,16492,47117,268865,111,43,139,69,78383,1314,4062,6633],"class_list":["post-558102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-and","tag-blast","tag-brings","tag-cancellations","tag-closures","tag-delays","tag-ferry","tag-lowlevel","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-polar","tag-road","tag-school","tag-snow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}