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Weather Video (Weds) – Spring southerly brings snow, hail
A brief cold southerly is spreading northwards and will affect the whole country on Thursday. By Friday frosts return and…
One big high – two big shifts in temperature (2 x Maps)
As you know, a cold southerly is about to hit the country – bringing snow to low levels, isolated thunderstorms…
New Zealand – back to warm by weekend & next week
From Wednesday PM and across Thursday cold air from well south of New Zealand will rise up and over the…
Government launches details of NIWA/MetService Investigation + NIWA reminded to be professional
In what has felt like an eternity the New Zealand Government has finally announced details of the official investigation they…
New Poll: How bad is that spring pollen for you?
This year we’ve certainly had an earlier than usual start to the pollen season with allergy suffers making note of…
Weather closes in across NZ – Gales in Dunedin, rain in west, warm in north
A low from Sydney is deepening in the Tasman Sea today and as it moves closer to the South Island…
Poll Results: New Zealanders say Winter 2016 was ‘pretty good’ overall
New Zealanders are giving the 2016’s run of warmer than average weather a big “thumbs up” according to our latest…
Visit our GeoNet page – track live quakes, view live tsunami charts
Following the Canterbury earthquakes earlier this decade WeatherWatch.co.nz worked closely with GeoNet to ensure quality reporting – and fast turn…
Civil Defence’s big long silence (again) – The simple fix for future tsunami risks
Most Read Story — On Friday morning it took almost an hour before the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency…
Tsunami warning now CANCELLED for NZ following M7.1 quake
UPDATED 8:32am — The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management has CANCELLED a tsunami warning for marine and beach…
