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Queenstown fire burning ‘out of control’ near Glenorchy
Glenorchy has been cut off by a major scrub fire burning out of control near Queenstown this morning. The small…
Think the changing temperatures are bad? Try being a tuatara!
New Zealand’s native dinosaur, the tuatara won’t be able to mate if the country keeps breaking record temperatures. The National…
NEW POLL: Have you been for a swim this summer?
It’s one of our favourite pasttimes, as every summer our beaches, rivers and lakes fill up with holday-making kiwis taking…
POLL RESULTS: Nearly a third of kiwis using heating in mid summer!
Well it’s been an unusually chilly start to 2017 in some parts of the country – and we’ve been keeping…
Your Week in Weather Headlines – What’s been making news this week
The second week of the new year has certainly brought some big headlines – with 2016 taking on a new…
2016 “hottest year ever” around the globe – Climate Agencies
Last year was the hottest ever record, according to a European climate agency and a US-based climate centre. While not…
Brrr! A cold start on Thursday – just how low are temperatures at your place?
New Zealand is squashed between a low south east of Dunedin and a high west of the West Coast –…
Jellyfish ‘swarm’ at popular holiday swimspot
Those looking to cool off at a popular Napier swimming spot are having to share the water with swarms of…
2016 “shakiest year on record” with more than 30 thousand earthquakes – Geonet
2016 has been awarded the dubious honour of most quakes ever recorded in GeoNet’s 15-year history. GeoNet’s national monitoring network…
Fire Crews still battling Far North fire
Three fire crews and three helicopters with monsoon buckets are still battling a fire in the Far North. It started…
