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Severe 7.1 earthquake hits off East Cape, strongly felt in Auckland & Wellington
UPDATED 5:45am — A severe 7.1 earthquake has hit near East Cape. It took a full hour but New Zealand…
Map – 16 day rain outlook: West is wet, East is not
As we’ve been saying this week the first half of September looks warmer than average – and the spring westerly…
Spring starts with weather it normally ends with
Spring 2016 is underway across New Zealand but many regions could be forgiven for thinking it was the end of…
Pollen – is it driving you crazy?!
The pollen clouds have arrived and many of you aren’t happy! From sneezes and itchy eyes, to blocked noses, red…
Canterbury: We’re sorry, but drought conditions likely to worsen
It’s the headline we’ve been hoping to avoid all year – but the reality of a lack of winter rain…
Changing opinions on climate change, from a CNN meteorologist “Why I’m no longer a skeptic”
CNN Senior Meteorologist and good friend of WeatherWatch.co.nz, Chad Myers, has written a piece for CNN.com discussing the changing opinions…
Next 10 days – Rain stays mostly west, but heads south
For 36 hours straight parts of northern New Zealand have had plenty of rain – but as we look towards…
Animation: Sub-tropics helping feed rain & cloud to parts of NZ
A northerly airflow that’s coming from around Fiji and New Caledonia is helping feed widespread rain that is over the…
Weather Video (Weds): Heavy rain coming
A burst of heavy rain will today and overnight set in across many parts of the North Island and some…
Today in Photos (x13) – Gloom, gloom and gorgeous
The land of the long white cloud is today long and white from above and grey and dull from below,…
