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Weather to Jan 31: Windy, cooler, weekend – then winds ease but daytime downpours likely

It will be a windy weekend for a number of regions, with showers, some heavy with isolated thunderstorms developing over both islands today and over the days ahead – but dry and calmer areas are also in the mix. This weekend is es...

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Windy, with showers. Strong Westerlies building, gale force at times. Showers increasing this morning, briefly heavy and squally. Some isolated power outages possible in exposed places today across Auckland region.
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NZ 7-Day: Showers and a windier, cooler, southerly flow on the way

Heavy rain continues in parts of the South Island today as the ex-tropical low drifts down over the eastern North…

Tropical low, then windy, cooler, weather dominates until early next week

We have full details on the wind, rain and tropical humidity descending into New Zealand today, tonight and Thursday –…

NZ: When is ‘summer weather’ returning? Long range forecast

Extra video — So many people have been asking us “when will summer weather return?” – so in this video…

Tropical low: Heavy rain, strong winds, tropical humidity – then a colder southerly this weekend

We have full details on the tropical low moving into New Zealand as we track the heaviest rain, the strongest…

Tropical low brings flood/slips and gales risk, high humidity before cooler weekend

A tropical low is coming into New Zealand mid to late this week with heavy rain and severe gales, along…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 3:20am on Sat 24 January 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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