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NZ: Long Weekend update, Labour Day severe weather risks

A very large and slow moving high pressure zone will slip off NZ to the east of the North Island this weekend, allowing for a windier Labour Day Monday in the lower North Island and right across the South Island. Rain will als...

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Weather this week & Labour Weekend

High pressure dominates NZ’s weather this week, but slides off much of the country by Labour Day Monday. Despite the…

Cyclone Wati: Cook Islands today, Austral Islands tomorrow

Tropical Cyclone Wati is today (Sunday local time, Monday NZDT) tracking over the Cook Islands bringing damaging wind gusts to…

Tropical Cyclone WATI – Update

Sunday NZDT/Saturday Cook Islands Time — We have the latest on Cyclone Wati as it remains a Category 2 Tropical…

Tropical Cyclone WATI forms, heads to Aitutaki & southern Cook Islands

A Tropical Cyclone has formed before the South Pacific Cyclone Season has even officially started (Nov 1) as El Nino…

Cook Islands: Tropical Cyclone Developing

Official weather authorities say there is a “high” chance a tropical low will become a cyclone this weekend. Both the…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 12:43am on Thu 22 October 2026
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ClimateWatch: JULY outlook & what El Niño means for NZ

El Niño is officially here and still getting stronger in the months ahead, but it’s harder to notice its effects…

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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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Why is NZ so windy? We explain the Roaring Forties!

From our Education page — New Zealanders shouldn’t be so surprised how often it’s windy here. After all, we’re basically…

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