The front moved in on Tuesday, with much of the country waking to freezing conditions, frosts, snowfall, hail and bitingly cold wind. Office workers rushed out of their buildings to stand in the flurries and elated residents expressed shock and joy as they flooded social media with footage. It was a “winter wonderland”, wrote one social media user. Video footage in local media outlets showed residents snowboarding down the city’s streets, with one daring skier flying down Baldwin Street – recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world’s steepest street. Skier flies down world’s steepest street after snowfall in New Zealand – video“The thing I love about Dunedin is you get half an inch of snow maybe twice a year and everyone loses their minds,” wrote one social media user.