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VIDEO: NZ’s weather pattern getting “messier”

Spring often brings chaos to the weather maps but often you can find patterns within that chaos – but over the next week or so there is less pattern and more random when it comes to the placement of highs and lows. That doesn̵...

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Messy weather pattern this week (+6 Maps)

The weather forecast for New Zealand this week will see lows and highs passing through but no air pressure system…

VIDEO: Spring weather returns next week, but driest and warmest in the east

Spring hasn’t finished with us yet despite the summer-like weather in a number of regions this week and coming weekend….

VIDEO: Potential Super Typhoon threat for Philippines, as another typhoon aims for Vietnam

In our special Western Pacific Typhoon update we’re tracking two storms. The first is Typhoon Kalmaegi (which has already passed…

VIDEO: NZ’s weather pattern looks to shift next week as lows return

Apart from some isolated showers (and maybe an isolated northern thunderstorm) the North Island looks mostly dry over the days…

VIDEO: NZ on the edge of high pressure until next week – then rain/showers return

High pressure affects most of NZ over the days ahead but because it’s centred offshore it’s pulling down warmer winds…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 9:35am on Wed 12 November 2025
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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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