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Less chance of ‘Severe El Niño’ forming – but event still likely
Global forecasting for a severe El Nino weather pattern has been downgraded, due to a large wave of cool water…
Week in Weather: What’s Been Making Headlines this Week
What a topsy-turvy week it’s been; both on our shores and abroad! We’ve had typhoons, drought, power outages and blood…
Blood Moon – the sequel that captivated millions
Sequels are usually a disappointment. But not this time, not with this heavenly body. People throughout the United States had…
Resource Management Act could be in for a shake up
A shake-up of the Resource Management Act could be back on the table, after being shelved over environmental concerns. John…
Hunua Ranges 1080 vote passes unanimously
A local board’s backing a move to drop 1080 poison in the Hunua Ranges, to protect birds from stoats, rats,…
Settled weekend ahead
It’s looking like our current weather pattern, sitting in between two anticyclone systems to the east and west, will continue…
New fault line discovery ‘unlikely’ to affect insurance premiums
Insurance premiums in Wellington are unlikely to change with the discovery of a new earthquake fault. While the Aotea fault…
Calm and settled heading into the weekend
This week is looking like finishing a lot more settled than it started – as an anticyclone currently moving across…
Keep your eyes on the sky tonight – total lunar eclipse on the way
Get your binoculars and telescopes at the ready – there’s a total lunar eclipse coming to a night sky near…
Iconic Wgtn sculpture hit by lightning dismantled
Wellington’s Zephyrometer sculpture has been dismantled before being sent to Christchurch for repairs after it was hit by lightning in…
