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Don’t blame forecasters for the lousy summer – blame Australia!
If you’re tired of the windy weather, the unsettled weather and the cold snaps – you can blame our friends…
Tropical low intensifying, heading south
A developing tropical storm near the Solomon Islands will continue to intensify over the coming days, passing by New Caledonia…
Tropical low may weaken as it spreads over North Island next week
Forecasters in New Zealand, Australia and France will be closely monitoring the developing low near the Solomon Islands with predictions…
Weather Video: Tropical low now on the horizon
As the spring-like pattern gradually eases over many parts of New Zealand, allowing for hotter, sunnier, weather to move into…
NIWA Climate report: 2013 ‘third warmest year on record’
New Zealand sweated under its third-warmest temperatures on record last year, according to Niwa’s annual climate summary. The country also…
What has happened to summer?
From Auckland to Dunedin to Southland people are writing in to WeatherWatch.co.nz asking “What has happened to summer” following two…
Week in Weather – What’s Been Making Headlines this Week?
The week has been dominated, and rightly so, by the news coming out of the USA – of some of…
Shark sightings close North Island beaches
A shiver of sharks and a fever of stingrays made appearances at North Island beaches today. Windy conditions kept large…
Record low number of drownings in 2013
Men and preschoolers are over-represented in our drowning toll, Water Safety NZ warns. There were 81 drownings last year, a…
Philip Duncan: Polar vortex brings incredible cold to USA
Here in New Zealand we cannot easily comprehend what it feels like to experience minus 40 to minus fifty degrees….
