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Tropical low to bring wind & rain this week

A low exiting the tropics near New Caledonia this week will grow larger in the Tasman Sea and finally bring in much needed rain to dry parts of New Zealand – but not everyone will get the rain they need. While the low is...

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High pressure grows, but a stormy end to next week possible

A settled weekend is on the way and apart from a few isolated showers in both main islands many regions…

A tropical low next week *might* affect NZ

It’s not locked in yet, but a tropical storm may end up drifting southwards towards NZ about one week from…

Australia: Will Tropical Cyclone Narelle track along half of Oz’s entire coastline?

Tropical Cyclone NARELLE has formed and is heading into northern parts of FNQ, the Katherine region of NT and then…

NZ 9 Day: Two subtropical lows, but a lot of dry weather

In our extended outlook today we track two subtropical storms, one that will likely miss most of NZ while the…

Subtropical low (yes, another one) to brush the NI, high pressure still in charge

A subtropical low will power up over the next 24 hours and brush past the north-eastern corner of the North…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 8:50am on Tue 24 March 2026
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ClimateWatch: NOVEMBER’s outlook as high pressure lifts in NZ, low pressure grows in Oz.

In our monthly “ClimateWatch” forecast the first week of November in NZ looks settled and mostly dry, while Australia and…

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WeatherWatchTV on YouTube climbs over 100K subscribers, joins global club of just 0.7%

WeatherWatchTV now has over 100,000 subscribers, larger than Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology and far exceeding the NZ Government’s Niwa Weather…

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Top 10 NZ Weather MythBusters! (Even we were surprised at some of the answers!)

REPOST from our Education pages — Can you get sunburnt on a cloudy day? Do highs always bring sunny weather?…

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