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Archives for February 2014

Kiwi’s key to ancient seas

Research by an Otago University geology student has uncovered a strange pre-Ice Age world, where primitive porpoises and baleen whales…

Sunday’s national forecast

Upper North Island South to southwesterly winds, perhaps brisk at times during the afternoon. Sunny spells and some cloud, there…

POLL RESULTS: Kiwis taking the plunge in 2014

With 2014 getting off to a less than sizzling start in some places, we’d received a lot of correspondence from…

Saturday evening main centre forecasts

Auckland will have a mix of clear spells and some cloud with southwesterly breezes, there may also be the odd…

Weather Video: Your weekend forecast

A sub-tropical disturbance to the north east of NZ continues to drive in cloudy, humid and mostly dry weather to…

Week in Weather – What’s been Making Headlines this week

With Waitangi Day falling on Thursday, most of us have had a shorter week than usual, but that doesn’t mean…

Saturday’s national forecast

A south to southeasterly airflow lies over most of the country today, sandwiched between a low pressure system slowly moving…

Friday night’s national forecast

Areas of rain or drizzle over the North Island and upper South Island tonight, winds generally from the easterly quarter….

USA – Power still out for half a million after storm

Bob and Debbie Burns endured three dark and powerless days after Hurricane Sandy. When the lights went out this time…

Friday’s national forecast

A ridge over the South Island brings mainly settled weather today, however about the top of the South Island some…