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Tropical Cyclone VAIANU: Fiji then NZ

*Published Tuesday AM* Fiji is being affected today by offshore Severe Tropical Cyclone Vaianu and NZ has the chance of a direct hit this weekend. The severe Category 3 tropical cyclone (out of a maximum scale of 5) is current...

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NZ: Bit of an unsettled week, but a tropical cyclone this weekend

Wind and rain affects a number of regions as we kick off this week as strong high pressure departs to…

NZ Easter Weather Update + monitoring the tropics for storm potential

High pressure smothers New Zealand as we head into the long weekend bringing mostly dry weather and light winds, with…

ClimateWatch: APRIL’s outlook as La Niña ends, shift to NEUTRAL

La Niña is officially over and now we’re in a “neutral” period of weather for the month of April, which usually…

NZ & South Pacific: Big Picture forecast for Easter + cyclone potential in tropics

Today’s video is a “Big Picture” one covering New Zealand and the south-west Pacific through to Wednesday of next week,…

NZ: Easter weekend forecast + tropical cyclone monitoring for next week

High pressure is building for NZ this week but Easter Weekend may see some wet weather potential, especially in the…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 6:20am on Wed 8 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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