New Zealand capital delights in rare snowfall as southern city residents ski down world’s steepest street

• The front moved in on Tuesday, with much of the country waking to freezing conditions, frosts, snowfall, hail and bitingly cold wind.
• Conditions persisted on Wednesday morning, with three South Island locations reaching -9C.
• Some highways were closed, while parts of the North Island’s east coast woke to thick hail storms.