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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…
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…
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…
Two islands, two outlooks for the 2nd half of the week
The past few days have seen some wildy fluctuating weather – from sunny and calm to wild and windy –…
Questions over Auckland power cuts (+VIDEO)
A former Vector and Transpower board chairman is questioning why better fire prevention methods were not in place at a…
Weather sinks boat & 400l of fuel in Tauranga
A boat holding 400 litres of diesel has sunk at Pilot Bay. The vessel is one of five vessels to…
UPDATE: Around 300 Auckland homes still without power
UPDATED 10.00am: The number in Auckland without electricity is now down to the low 300s. However there could be a financial…
