Archives for June 2011
Tropical storm in Philippines kills 11, thousands evacuated
Heavy rains and high winds from Tropical Storm Meari lashed the Philippines Friday, killing at least 11 people and displacing…
Countdown on for cold southerly
The South Island has seen a dry winter in terms of snow to date and long range computer models have…
Winter festival runs despite no snow
Winter Festival Director Simon Green says three Winter Festival events planned to be held at Coronet Peak this weekend have…
Qantas, JetStar cancel all weekend flights
It could be a long weekend for travellers wanting to get home as Qantas and its budget subsidiary Jetstar announce…
Saturday’s national highs
Today’s highest temperature was 17 at Bay of Islands. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 7 at Waiouru, Milford Sound. Kaitaia…
Here comes the cold – and some snow!
Snow on the ski fields, heavy showers at sea level and a biting southerly change is currently heading northwards as winter…
Blog: Who on earth would live in NZ?
Human beings seem to be attracted to danger. I was thinking about this following the new swarm of violent earthquakes…
Air New Zealand maintains full schedule
Air New Zealand passengers are the only people taking to the skies today,our national carrier is the only airline maintaining…
Windy north, calm south
Southwesterlies up to 100kph are buffeting parts of northern New Zealand this morning and keeping temperatures down. Exposed parts of…
Chch quake site sees huge volume
In just 24 hours, the landcheck.org.nz website built for Christchurch residents to check on the status of their residential property…
