In today's weather we are expecting a fine day with light southwesterlies.

It's a three-clothing and one-windproof layer day today with a high of 14 and an overnight low of 4 degrees. Humidity is 89 per cent

High tide is at 10.50am and low tide is at 5pm. There's a sea swell of 0.1m with a sea temperature of 16 degrees. Sunset tonight is at 5.04pm.

If you're going fishing the next best fish bite time is between 3.30 and 5.30pm.

In NZ history on this day in 1868 Te Kooti escaped from the Chathams. Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki of Rongowhakaata was arrested near Gisborne in 1865 after allegedly helping a ‘rebel' Pai Mārire force. He became one of hundreds exiled to the remote Chatham Islands.

In 1902 the New Zealand Boxing Association was formed to promote and foster amateur boxing in this country. After drawing up its rules and obtaining parliamentary sanction, the association staged its first New Zealand championships in Christchurch later in 1902.

In world history on this day in 1712 12 slaves were executed for starting an uprising in New York that killed nine people. In 1862 Charles Dodgson first told the story of Alice's adventures down the rabbit hole during a picnic along the Thames.

In 1946 the United States granted the Philippine Islands their independence. In 1960 the 50-star flag made its debut in Philadelphia. In 1976 an Israeli raid at Entebbe airport in Uganda rescues 105 hostages.

Today is the birthday of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. Born in 1804 he once said "I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air."

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Have a great day!