Archives for March 2015
Whangarei pipi bed ‘dying’
A massive pipi bed in Whangarei harbour is dying and there are fears the change could destabilise the harbour –…
UPDATE: Local drought declared in Wairarapa
Wairarapa is the latest region where the long dry summer is taking its toll on farmers. The Wairarapa Drought Committee,…
Australia: QLD heatwave spreading south
A blistering heatwave is scorching western Queensland with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius and will spread to the south-east later…
Tuesday’s national forecast
A northeast flow across the country is adding humidity and cloud cover to much of New Zealand at the start…
Summer’s sticking around? Weather risks for Tuesday
A northeast windflow is currently dominating the skies above New Zealand, bringing humidity and cloud cover to the North Island…
Weather Video: Rainmakers this week
A number of fronts move in to the country this week – with the North Island furthest away from them…
Sleepness nights ahead for some
A combination of increasing humidity, warmer nor’easters and a brighter moon every 24 hours this week means the week ahead…
US Coastguard carving a path through ice
The US coastguard has had to deploy icebreakers on New York’s waterways to keep shipping and ferry traffic running. Although…
First glimpse of autumn: Weather risks for Monday
The beginning of the first week of autumn, and we will hopefully start to see some distinctly autumnal weather –…
Rain coming this week – for both islands, but still a lot of dry
Getting rain out of the clouds this summer has been like getting blood out of a stone with four medium…
