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Thursday’s national forecast

An anticyclone brings mostly sunny weather to the South Island today, some morning cloud about Canterbury burns away. A southeasterly…

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Wednesday night’s national forecast

A ridge of high pressure moves over the South Island tonight, skies clear or becoming clear in the far south…

Waitangi Day Forecast – hot north, cool south

Updated 8:10am — If you’re trying to make plans for Waitangi Day the forecast looks a little unsettled for some…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A ridge is keeping the weather still mainly settled over most of the North Island today. Meanwhile a front moves…

Tuesday night’s national forecast

A ridge lies over the North Island tonight but skies are fairly cloudy due to jet stream cloud moving in…

King tide causes issues in the North

Motorists and beach-goers are again being urged to keep an eye on a king tide that has caused issues in…

Indonesia – Search continues for the dead and missing

Search and recovery teams on Monday resumed their perilous task of looking for victims from the recent volcanic eruptions of…

Sorry Southerners, we see another southerly surge

Updated — Those in the lower South Island have had an incredibly slow start to summer although the good news…

Tuesday’s national forecast

A ridge lies over the North Island today bringing mostly settled weather, strong northerlies build about Wellington however. For the…

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