In today's weather forecast we are expecting a mostly fine day with some evening cloud, and westerly breezes.

It's a two-clothing layer day today with a high of 18 and an overnight low of 11 degrees. Humidity is 96 per cent.

High tide is at 7.30am and low tide is at 1.50pm. There's a sea swell of .3m with a sea temperature of 16 degrees. Sunset tonight is at 4.59pm.

If you're going fishing the next best fish bite time is between 3.30 and 6.30pm.

In NZ history on this day in 1935 Jack Lovelock won the ‘Mile of the century'. The Ivy League Princeton University hosted an annual elite mile race during the 1930s.

New Zealand medical student Jack Lovelock, who had set a world record there in 1933, was invited to return in 1935 to run in what became known as the ‘Mile of the Century'.

In 1959 the Chinese gooseberry became kiwifruit. The prominent produce company Turners and Growers announced that it would from now on export Chinese gooseberries under the name 'kiwifruit'. First grown here in 1906, kiwifruit are now cultivated worldwide, with New Zealand-grown fruit marketed as 'Zespri'

In world history on this day in 1215 King John signed the Magna Carta. In 1381 the English peasant revolt was crushed in London. In 1752 Benjamin Franklin and his son tested the relationship between electricity and lightning by flying a kite in a thunder storm,

Today is the birthday of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. Born in 1843, he wrote "I am sure my music has a taste of codfish in it."

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Have a great day!