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Thursday night’s national forecast

A low pressure system moves off to the east of the country tonight, remaining heavy showers about the North Island…

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A strong storm struck much of the eastern United States on Wednesday, complicating holiday travel plans for many of the…

Thursday’s national forecast

Our resident low pressure system gives us it’s last final blast today, the main rain band associated with the low…

Wednesday night’s national forecast

Rain for many parts of the North Island tonight, heavy for some. Winds generally from the east. Cloudy about the…

Rain clouds rapidly forming over Auckland, Northland

Two regions who want rain the most – Northland and Auckland – are now starting to receive it as a…

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It’s hot and humid in the north – cool and cloudy in the south – and this up and down…

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A Kiribati man’s bid to become the world’s first climate change refugee in New Zealand has been rejected for a…

Heavy downpours later today for parts of upper North Island

A low pressure system around the top of the country will today create more unstable weather conditions – with the…

Wednesday’s national forecast

Unsettled weather continues today. For the North Island the weather turns more so from afternoon about the upper North Island,…

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