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More severe gales & another cold change coming, but warm westerlies in the mix too

A cold front is today crossing the North Island with patchy rain, drizzle patches, downpours and dry spells. The front will clear the island later today as a colder change moves up the South Island. On Wednesday things start t...

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Gales, rain, cold change – large dry areas too

In true spring fashion we have hot days and cold days this week as a cold front moves up the…

Labour Day severe weather risks – but large dry areas this weekend

High pressure shapes our weather this weekend but by Monday low pressure will affect the south bringing severe nor-west gales…

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…

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…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 8:28pm on Tue 27 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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