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The showers arrive – Situation & outlook for Friday

On Friday we have a weak front pushing northwards over the South Island during the day, before moving onto the…

Not a drought breaker – but showers coming

There’s good news and bad news for the weekend ahead – some good for farmers, but potentially bad for cricket…

Power outage last night ‘a one-off’

Spark insists last night’s network outage was a one-off, and it’s all been fixed. The upper half of the North…

VIDEO: Meteor caught on Tauranga dashcam

A very bright meteor (shooting star) or meteorite (one that hits the surface) lit up the night skies over New…

Thursday’s national forecast

A ridge lies over the North Island today bringing mainly settled weather, cloud and the odd light shower for exposed…

Weather Video: Large high moving in

A large high is rolling in – and in fact high pressure looks set to dominate most of New Zealand…

On the ridge – Situation & outlook for Thursday

A ridge lies over the North Island for the most part, while a northwesterly airflow starts to build over the…

Summer to last until April – Climate report

If you’re struggling to adapt to this month’s warmer than normal temperatures, get used to it: the balmy weather is…

Pretty quiet – Weather risks for Wednesday

Not much risky weather around on Wednesday, as the pattern of calm, fairy settled conditions will continue into the middle…

Wednesday’s national forecast

Anticyclonic conditions over the South Island bring mainly sunny weather today, expect east to northeast winds to pick up this…

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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…