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Rotorua campers are a "hardy" bunch who are not retreating even though two wild weather fronts are expected to hit the city.

The two bouts of bad weather are expected to strike as one of the wettest summers on record for the region continues.

MetService forecaster Paula Acethorp said a sub tropical low from the north of New Zealand was expected to bring showers to Rotorua later today and settle in until the middle of next week.

Another front sitting west of the country from Australia could bring more heavy rain to the region later in the week.

"The low north of the country is expected to track down towards the Bay of Plenty by Sunday preceding the low. The rain should start by late afternoon Saturday," she said.

By tomorrow, rain should have settled in.

"At this stage it is looking like it will be fairly persistent rain," she said.

"On Monday, it's definitely going to be a bit wetter but not as persistent as Sunday. Tuesday could see some significant rain. There could be some heavy showers on both Tuesday and Wednesday."

MetService meteorologist Daniel Corbett said a broad upper trough was moving across the Tasman Sea from Australia bringing with it a high possibility of more heavier rain drenching the region from the middle of next week following the band expected from the sub tropics.

"There are a couple of weather fronts to keep an eye on," he said. "One is just waiting off in the wings ... with the risk for more unsettled weather. It could be very wet again. There could be a bit of cloud and moist air with it."

However, campers in Rotorua aren't pulling down their tents and heading home.

Holdens Bay Top 10 Holiday Park owner Keri Steele said no one had cancelled any bookings and everyone was staying put.

"Campers are a pretty hardy bunch," she said. "They just stay in their tents making their won fun or go to the games' room."

While the Waiteti Stream burst its banks last week, no one was booking out, Waiteti Trout Stream Holiday Park owner Michael Thorne said.

"We are fully booked quite solid for the next few weeks," he said.

At Rotorua Family Holiday Park in Ngongotaha campers are also a hardy bunch, according to owner Willie Wright.

When the last storm hit only one camper left and no one had cancelled for next week or decided to go home, Mr Wright said.

"Everyone looks forward to their holiday and they are making sure they have a good time no matter what."

The wild weather is the result of a moderate La Nina pattern in the tropical Pacific expected to persist into autumn, said the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa).