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Saturday’s national forecast

A southwesterly airflow lies over the country today while a high pressure system builds in the Tasman Sea. Expect showers…

Friday night’s national forecast

A low and front combination moves towards the North Island from the Tasman Sea, this will likely bring rain overnight…

Canterbury clean up ‘will take weeks’

The clean up in rural Canterbury following the record-breaking storm will be more complicated than originally thought, according to one…

Australia – A land of the Spring extremes

Temperatures in Australia have been typical for Springtime – and for “typical” read “unpredictable”! There have been unseasonally cold and…

Conditions more settled today, further showers later for NI

Today the country has a breather for most, with generally settled conditions, and the sun will likely pop out too….

Friday’s national forecast

The North Island lies between weather systems today, there could be some morning fog north of the Central North Island….

Thursday night’s national forecast

Our wind causing, rain drenching front moves off to the northeast of the North Island overnight leaving behind gradually increasing…

Help on the way for storm-hit South Island farmers

Scores of South Island dairy farmers are still struggling with milking, as power supplies remain scarce in the aftermath of…

UPDATE: Thousands without power in Chch – and it could be for days

Christchurch residents could be without power for up to four more days following the storm which is sweeping the country….

Front moves over the North Island today, heavy rain

The apex of this spring storm that has been causing havoc about the country moves over the North Island today,…

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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…