Canterbury snow June 6, 2012

GETTING CREATIVE: Maya Stiven makes snowmen in her Beckenham backyard today.

DOG'S LIFE: Gemma the bichon in her Rangiora backyard.

BIRD FEED: A finch feeds in Eric Pollock's Rangiora backyard.

WARM KITTY: Mia the cat is wrapped up warm against the cold by her owner Chris Hlavac.

SURF'S UP: Southshore beach was transformed by snow today.

WATER'S EDGE: Snow reaches the sea at Southshore beach.

FUN IN THE SNOW: Nick and Claire Goodey at Sumner Beach.

SNOWED IN: Kylee Simpson sent in this photo from Lake Coleridge Station, where she is home with a new baby.

FAMILY FUN: Dr Annie Maillard and Esme Maillard enjoy a snowfight at TaiTapu.

LOTS OF FUN: Sophie and Mark Shawe enjoy the snow in Waimairi Beach.

ICE QUEENS: Today's snow gives these students a chance to show off their modelling skills.

Rudi Cepon braves the snow. He is visiting Christchurch from Brisbane.

WHAT IS THIS?: Sienna Tobeck, 19 months, isn't keen on walking in the snow to Tumara Park.

MAKING TRACKS: A snow plough clears the road in Hanmer Springs.

NEW BUDDY: Cassidy Earnshaw, 4, plays in the snow at her Ohoka home.

WHAT SNOW?: For these Canterbury University students, winter still hasn't arrived.

MACHO MAN: Max Wilkins braves the snow in Burwood.

GOOD DUSTING: The Christ Church Cathedral.

WARM IN HERE: A boy plays in an igloo in Oxford.

Hanmer Springs received a significant blanketing of snow with 20 centimetres having fallen by Wednesday afternoon. Local girls Kelly Rutherford, Zoey Cuff and Jazmine Cuff enjoy a warm dip at the Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools before the pools closed for the day due to a power outage.

COOL IDEA: Drift trikers in the snow in Major Aitken Drive, Huntsbury.

SNOW DAY: Drift trikers in the snow in Major Aitken Drive, Huntsbury.

SNOW MEANS FUN: A drift triker plays in the snow in Major Aitken Drive, Huntsbury.

ICY ANTICS: Greta Pudney, Teniesha Holden and Eliza Pudney play in the snow at Fairlie.

NEW LOOK: Snow in Fairlie.

PEACE AVE: Fairlie's main street gets a dusting of snow.

FUN AND GAMES: Joe and Nick Brien play in the snow at Fairlie.

TOO HIGH: Courtney O'Neill, 4, tries to dust snow off a mailbox in Fairlie.

SNOW ANGELS: The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.

PRETTY AS A PICTURE: Snow along the Avon River.

BUMPY RIDE: Joseph Austin does a bit of snow biking in Rolleston this morning.

ALL WHITE: AMI Stadium covered in snow.

SNOW TIME: 15-month-old Isaac tries to catch snow in Redwood.

SNOWY DAY: Larnach St in North Beach.

COOL FRIEND: Natalya, 8, and Felicity, 7, with their snowman in Rolleston.

WHITE OUT: Windsor Drive, Kirwee gets a good covering of snow.

SNOWED IN: Sam Marsh and his dog Chai catch snowballs in Springfield, where around 20 centimetres of snow has fallen.

PLAY TIME: Summer Bennett rugged up in Rolleston.

Wintry conditions at Christchurch Airport.

A house surrounded by floodwaters north of Greymouth.

Flooding on State Highway 6 north of Greymouth.

Police closed SH6 north of Greymouth to most traffic after McLeans Creek overflowed.

Snow falls in Westmorland, Christchurch.

Snow in Burnside, Christchurch.

NEVER TOO EARLY: Jazmine was out playing in the Twizel snow before daylight.

PRETTY IN PINK: Flowers still blooming in Ilam.

SNOW LOVER: Eli of Ilam loves snow, says the Dowsett family.

PREBBLETON: Winter landscape

SLIPPERY: Careful progress for traffic on Dyers Pass Rd.

ASHBURTON: Snow has been falling heavily in mid-Canterbury.

SNOWGLOBE: Ashburton resident Christine Richards has photographed the large flakes as they fall.

Snow in Woodham Drive, Ashburton.

WHITE OUT: Snow lies thickly on a garden in the hills above Rangiora.

WINTRY: Rangiora residents woke to see their gardens blanketed in snow.

SHELTER: Some stock have found shelter from the wind and snow.

SHIVERING: No escape for these animals in a paddock near Rangiora.

Snow in Wigram, Christchurch.

Lakya the husky has an early morning romp in the snow in Ashburton.

Snow in Christchurch.