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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 high pressure zone we do still have some windy, cloudy and showery areas – but many regions have a dry or m...

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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…

Dry weather coming, Labour Weekend may be stormy

High pressure is moving in to NZ, or at least trying to, with it likely parking itself over the Tasman…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 10:05am on Tue 20 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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