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160km/h winds Banks Peninsula & Port Hills, windy in North Island too

UPDATED 11pm — The southerly change roared up the South Island Wednesday evening with hurricane force winds up to 160km/h…

Cold – The Big Picture on Thursday

Strong cold southerlies lie over New Zealand on Thursday. The North Island will certainly see temperatures drop. For most of…

Weather Video (Weds) – Spring southerly brings snow, hail

A brief cold southerly is spreading northwards and will affect the whole country on Thursday. By Friday frosts return and…

InfoGraphic: The main Weather Highlights across NZ for next 3 days

Today a front sweeps northwards over New Zealand bringing in a cold change. Strong south to southwesterly winds continue on…

One big high – two big shifts in temperature (2 x Maps)

As you know, a cold southerly is about to hit the country – bringing snow to low levels, isolated thunderstorms…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A cold front moves northwards over the country today with winds behind the front becoming strong from the southwest and…

Cold blast moving in – The Big Picture on Wednesday

On Wednesday we have a building westerly airflow over New Zealand. A strong cold front moves over the lower South…

Weather Video (Tues) – Wintry weather (briefly) returning

It’s mild across many parts of the country at the moment as westerly quarter winds build ahead of a cold…

New Zealand – back to warm by weekend & next week

From Wednesday PM and across Thursday cold air from well south of New Zealand will rise up and over the…

A return to winter is coming – NZ’s Weather Highlights for next 3 days

Today sees settled conditions however overnight a northwesterly airflow increases over the South Island then on Wednesday a front sweeps…

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Meteors – Your Eyewitness Reports!

WeatherWatch.co.nz receives meteor reports from all over New Zealand and the globe, 24/7/365. **CASUAL COMMENTS**If you’ve seen something in the…

Latest: Gabrielle approaches NZ (+25 Maps)

The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle will be felt across much of the North Island today, especially later in the day,…

Cyclone Gabrielle strengthening as it slowly passes Great Barrier Island (20+ maps)

12:15am Tuesday NZDT — Cyclone Gabrielle’s movement has slowed to an absolute crawl near Great Barrier Island. The longer the…