Archives for July 2011
Atlantis blasts off on final shuttle voyage (+Video)
Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Friday morning on the final mission of America’s 30-year shuttle program, a thunderously poignant moment…
Cars tossed about, buildings damaged, man injured in Kapiti
A tornado has caused significant damage in Kapiti late Saturday afternoon. Twitter user @mundens says “Waikanae by cell from friends: Pine trees ripped…
Saturday’s national highs
Today’s highest temperature was 18 at Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Napier. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 5 at Wanaka, Queenstown,…
Winter storm hits whole country
A powerful winter storm that has sparked 20 severe weather warnings has knocked down an elderly woman on the Kapiti…
Storm re-energising today
Many areas have a lull in the rough weather today but the stormy weather isn’t done with New Zealand yet….
Canty ski fields shut but Otago opens
Gale force westerlies with blizzard conditions at times has shut many ski fields across the Canterbury region however the far…
June quakes dash High St hopes
Earthquakes that hit Christchurch on the 13th of June have hit businesses hard in High Street and demolition may be…
Westerlies gust across NZ
West to nor’ west winds are picking up again over parts of the country with very few centres experiencing relatively…
Friday’s national highs
Todays highest temperature was 15 at Gisborne and Timaru and the lowest was 3 at Milford Sound. Kaitaia : 14…
Weather Video: Our stormy weekend
Philip Duncan from WeatherWatch.co.nz teams up with NZHerald.co.nz to bring you the weekend weather forecast – and more wind, rain…
