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Skiiers praying for snow as slow start delays season

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow … It’s a mid-year prayer for skifield operators forced to push…

Sunday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Mostly sunny with light winds tending northerly in the afternoon, some cloud at times mainly along the…

POLL RESULTS: More sun & snow please!

Well, the people have spoken – and as a country, we either want more sun or snow this winter! According…

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

Another busy week for weather analysts and trainspotters – both here and abroad, particularly across the Tasman! We will start…

Weather Video: In between systems

Technically we are in between systems this weekend with the rough weather from this past week moving away and the…

Saturday’s national forecast

A cold southwesterly airflow eases across the country today while a ridge pushes in from a high centred north of…

Friday night’s national forecast

A front which has brought thunderstorms to western parts of the North Island eases for most this evening although a…

Ruapehu ready for start of ski season

The 2014 ski season opens on Mt Ruapehu this weekend with the annual Ohakune Mardi Gras kicking things off with…

Weekend “in between systems” weatherwise

The final weekend of June is already upon us and the forecast for the weekend matches the weather from the…

Friday’s national forecast

An unstable front moves into the west of New Zealand today, especially affecting the west of the North Island bringing…

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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…