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NEW POLL: How’s Autumn looking at your place?

With Autumn well and truly underway, we thought we’d address some of the correspondence we’ve been getting from readers recently…

Sunday’s national forecast

North Island Areas of high cloud and a few sunny spells after any early fog clears, winds will be light…

POLL RESULTS – A reluctant transition…

The results of our latest reader poll are in, and it seems a reasonably even split between those who are…

Weather Video: Dry weather continues…

A few showers this weekend will likely brush Southland and parts of the West Coast – but for most other…

Week in Weather – What’s been Making Headlines this week

It’s been a busy week both in Australasia and abroad, with two major events dominating the headlines – the drought…

Saturday’s national forecast

An anticyclone lies over the upper North Island today while a west to northwest airflow flows over the rest of…

Drought stricken farmers urged – ‘talk to your bank’

Farmers in drought stricken parts of the North are being encouraged to speak to their banks openly, and sooner rather…

Friday night’s national forecast

An anticyclone covers the upper North Island tonight bringing mainly settled weather. Elsewhere has a gentle north to northwesterly airflow….

Autumn heralds cloudier mornings

Autumn weather is well and truly here – with cooler nights and cloudier mornings being some of the firts obvious…

Friday’s national forecast

Mostly sunny and settled across the country today with light winds as an anticyclone covers New Zealand, a few areas…

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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…