Gus Roxburgh’s three-part series exploring our weather extremes comes to a close with 'The Wet and the Cold'. Roxburgh’s chilly destinations include Ophir, where one of NZ’s coldest ever temperatures (-21.6 degrees Celsius) was recorded in 1995. He discovers the upsides of winter like spectacular scenery, good pinot noir, happy curlers, and snowy slopes. The more extreme conditions he encounters include unhappy drivers skidding on ice, farmers rescuing their flocks, and scenes of flooded rivers and towns. One reassuring fact — deaths caused by lightning only happen once every 6.5 years.