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Hot night for Cantabs
Very warm nor’ westers throughout Canterbury overnight made it a sleepless one for many. Temperatures remained in the low 20s…
Time to bake in the South Island
Yesterday’s national high was 27 in Alexandra and today and tomorrow summer-like highs will continue to grow. Last week many…
Gales lash the south
Strong winds helped fan a blaze in the Nelson region yesterday, as the northeastern part of the South Island continued…
South Island weather warnings issued
MetService has issued several wind and rain warnings for the South Island. They can be found in their entirety below. Buller…
100km/h winds hammer Southand, icebergs
Gale force winds continued to pound Soutland overnight with westerlies reaching 100km/h at times. Invercargill based WeatherWatch reporter, Macolm Gayfer,…
‘Iceberg’ near Stewart Island actually reef – NIWA
A scientist from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) has dismissed a report of an iceberg about…
VIDEO: Icebergs from 2006 near NZ
Hundreds of icebergs are drifting towards the South Island. Simon Gomez, from radio stations Coast and Hauraki, took this video footage…
Hot night gives way to cooler southerly
Mainlanders saw another range of extreme temperatures overnight with hot air being replaced by a refreshing southerly. Kaikoura at midnight…
Cold southerly due soon in Christchurch
A cold southerly is very slowly heading north today bringing a dramatic drop in temperatures. Around noon Oamaru hit 30…
Extreme temperature drop moving up NZ
UPDATEDThe temperature in Oamaru hit 30 degrees at 12noon today and in just half an hour it had fallen dramatically…
