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Weather Video: Long weekend outlook

The long weekend is here and the weather will play it’s part…for the most part anyway! Saturday starts off with…

Week in Weather: What’s Been Making Headlines this Week

Drew Chappell takes a look at the top 8 stories at WeatherWatch.co.nz this week — We’ve had another busy week…

NZHerald Opinion: Jim Hickey set to retire

The following is an opinion piece by NZ Herald columnist Rachel Glucina, originally published in “The Diary”: Popular weather presenter…

Saturday’s national forecast

An anticyclone spreads a ridge over the South Island early this morning then a northwesterly airflow builds. The ridge moves…

Updated: Your Labour Weekend forecast!

11:41am — It’s been almost half a year since our last public holiday and many New Zealanders are keen for…

Kiwi helps crack ‘space wind’ mystery

A team of leading scientists, including a Kiwi, have gazed beyond our planet to solve a mystery phenomenon tampering with…

Coastguard reminds boaties – take care this Labour Weekend (and remember the new rules!)

With a mostly sunny long weekend coming up, we wanted to urge our readers to take care on the water…

Friday’s national forecast

Cold southwesterlies lie over the country today, showers affect most eastern parts and the west of the North Island for…

A change is on the way – Friday’s situation & outlook

Friday is looking like the day when this change we have been expecting finally shows up – with the colder…

El Niño ‘unlikely’ this year – Australian climate experts

Weather models are now showing an El Nino is unlikely to develop this year.  Of the models surveyed by the…

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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…