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Unsettled weekend, but not raining for all, as large low forms

Windy westerlies are the main feature of weather for the next day or two, before a low pressure system grows this Friday and Weekend around the Tasman Sea. It will bring in wind, rain and large dry areas too – as is often the natu...

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Autumn westerlies kick in, large weekend low coming

This week we switch gears, shifting into a more classic Autumn weather pattern with cold fronts, windy westerlies and nor’westers,…

NZ (SUN): Cyclone Vaianu moves across the North Island

Cyclone Vaianu made landfall in Bay of Plenty this afternoon and is now moving into Hawke’s Bay, with the centre…

NZ (SAT): Updated forecast for Cyclone Vaianu

We have the latest tracking of Vaianu as the subtropical cyclone moves into the upper North Island tonight, and across…

NZ (FRI): Latest cyclone tracking as Vaianu expected to zip over North Island

Cyclone Vaianu will cross the North Island rapidly on Sunday, making landfall somewhere around Auckland to Coromandel Peninsula during the…

NZ (THU): Latest on Cyclone Vaianu, Sunday landfall in North Island

Severe weather is expected to develop as early as Saturday in the upper North Island ahead of Cyclone Vaianu, which…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 6:20am on Thu 16 April 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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