Archives for December 2015
Tornadoes on the ground in Canterbury (+ multiple Photos)
UPDATED 6pm — Tornadoes have been spotted across Canterbury today as a cold change mixed with afternoon heating. The main…
Winter in Christchurch? Hail turns city white along with other SI centres
The streets of Christchurch have been painted white with hail. MetService issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Christchurch and the…
NEW POLL: Do you have a summer veggie garden?
With summer ramping up, temperatures rising, and some late spring growth finally getting underway in many places, vegetable growers around…
Historic Climate Change agreement reached
“We must protect the planet that sustains us. For that we need all hands on deck,” U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon…
Sunday’s national forecast
Upper North Island Rain moves through in the morning then clearing by or around midday as northwesterly winds change southwest,…
POLL RESULTS: Summer growth not here yet on kiwi lawns
Summer is backyard cricket season, but with a dry spring in parts of the country, and a strong El Niño…
Week in Weather: What’s been making headlines this week
It’s been another dramatic week of weather around the world, while New Zealand slowly makes the transition from spring to…
Saturday’s national forecast
A front moves northwards over the South Island today bringing heavy falls and thunderstorms in the west, high cloud in…
Wet and windy for some this weekend
A change is coming for the weekend – or for parts of western New Zealand, a continuation of Friday’s weather!…
UPDATE: Wairau fire still raging, winds blowing away from houses
Firefighters are battling dangerous conditions, as they try their best to bring a forest fire in Marlborough under control. The…
