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VIDEO: High pressure grows but showers are forecast for both main islands

High pressure is dominating NZ as we end January and go into February, but it’s not without a few showers moving through both main islands. Generally speaking NZ is entering a settled period of “classic” summer weather with li...

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VIDEO: Dry weather increasing, we track the showers

High pressure is dominating the NZ region for the end of January and the start of February, bringing drier than…

VIDEO: High pressure increasing here as tropics start waking up

We still have some unsettled weather this week but a number of regions have more days that are settled and…

VIDEO: NZ 7 Day – Severe weather risks this weekend, drier next week

The weather patten around NZ remains unsettled – but summer weather isn’t over yet. A low moving in this weekend…

VIDEO: Variety in NZ’s weather over the next 7 days

A fairly unsettled weather pattern will continue around New Zealand for the next several days as we end January.  This…

VIDEO: NZ – Unsettled weekend as low pressure returns

Some dry and calm weather is back in the forecast for the remainder of the working week but this weekend…

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Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 4:58pm on Thu 30 January 2025

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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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Comparing the world’s most well known cities with NZ’s latitude – some may surprise you! (+2 Maps)

From our Education Pages — It’s often said weather forecasters spend much of their lives looking up at the sky,…

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NZ & Tasmania share more than just a similar weather pattern (+2 Maps)

From our Education archives — Tassie often gets first what NZ gets later. The Australian state shares not only similar…

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