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NZ 7 Day: Tracking the rain, showers and windy weather

More windy weather is in the forecast this weekend along with some wet weather, with rain/showers most likely in the west – and driest weather in the very north and eastern side of NZ. The polar boundary comes back into ...

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VIDEO: 10 Day weather outook + why NZ is so windy

Spring is peak windy weather for NZ and this year this is even more so, we break down the next…

VIDEO: Warmer, windier weather coming but more polar air by Monday

High pressure is finally tracking over/near northern NZ, but that placement keeps the westerlies alive and by Friday and this…

Huge storms south of NZ, high pressure north of us – windy westerlies in between

Another cold front is clearing NZ today ahead of some brief high pressure which will cross the top of the…

VIDEO: Peak spring as windy westerlies surge back this week (and weekend)

Temperatures will be up and down this week as subtropical and polar air swirls around us, but it’s the windy…

VIDEO: 10 Day Forecast as we track the windy spring weather

Low pressure is moving in bringing rain, showers and isolated heavy downpours to both main islands over the coming days,…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 8:20am on Sun 12 October 2025
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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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Ways to get fewer nasty surprises when it comes to wet weather that is (or isn’t!) forecast

REPOST from our Education Pages — It’s always interesting when we get a complaint about a rain forecast, just how…

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