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Thursday night’s national forecast

Generally settled across the country tonight with a westerly quarter airflow flowing over New Zealand, a trough moving into the…

Pilot who landed in fog ‘put people at risk’ – watchdog

A pilot put the safety of six crew and 128 passengers at risk when he failed to initiate a mandatory…

Flooding in Nelson + General update (+Video)

Some Nelson streets were flooded yesterday and muddy water washed through a number of homes. Civil Defence said families in…

Weather Video: Windier westerly pattern moving in

Several days of mild, windy and sometimes wet weather is now moving in. Further wind and rain warnings are possible…

Thursday’s national forecast

A slight calm spell in amoungst this westerly influenced weather today, still it won’t last long as a trough moves…

Wednesday night’s national forecast

Rain eases across most of the country this evening and overnight however about the Bay Of Plenty heavy rain may…

UPDATE: Australian storms wreak havoc

Wild weather has hampered efforts to restore power to thousands of homes across New South Wales and Victoria as strong…

June ends with westerlies, July starts with southerlies

Generally speaking a lot of the weather lately has been coming in from our west, helping boost temperatures across the…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A front moves over the South Island this morning bringing some rain to most areas (heavy in the west) then…

Tuesday night’s national forecast

North to northeasterly winds strengthen over the country tonight, most places are cloudy or will become cloudy. The odd light…

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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…