Today's weather forecast is partly cloudy, with the odd shower. Light winds and sea breezes.

It's a two-clothing layer day today with a high of 18 and an overnight low of 11 degrees.

Low tide is at 12noon and high tide is at 6.10pm. Sea temperature is 17 degrees. There's an average sea swell of about .3m and sunset tonight is at 8.01pm.

If you're going fishing today the best fish bite time is between 10am and 12 noon.

This day in NZ history in 1840 New Zealand officially became a British colony. In 1869 Hamiora Pere was executed for treason. In 1916 the first military conscription ballot happened.

This day in world history in 1902 a cartoon appeared in the Washington Star, prompting the Teddy Bear Craze, after President Teddy Roosevelt refused to kill a captive bear tied up for him to shoot during a hunting trip to Mississippi.

In 1945 eighty-eight German scientists, holding Nazi secrets, arrived in the United States. In 1982 on this day the space shuttle Columbia completed its first operational flight.

Our quote for today is from CS Lewis who said 'You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.”

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Have an awesome day and remember to say hello to people you meet today!