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Tsunami warning – How was the coverage?

Waitangi Day saw the potential of a tsunami or waves approaching New Zealand following the Solomon Island’s quake and we’d…

Fancy another dry weekend? Coming right up!

Today and the weekend isn’t about to set any records but it’s looking good if you’re a fan of beaches,…

Friday’s national forecast

An anticyclone lies over New Zealand today bringing settled sunny weather to most. Upper North Island Mostly sunny and clear…

Thursday’s highs and lows

The Kapiti Coast andvWellington city were the only two areas in the North Island failing to top the 20 degree…

Fire bans & risks remain in place

Fire bans and fire risks are still in force across parts of the country even though we saw rain fall…

VIDEO: Civil Defence explain tsunami risk for Auckland

In light of yesterday’s event Richard Woods, Hazard Advisor for the Civil Defence and Emergency Management department of Auckland Council…

Dose of rain good but more needed say farmers

It was a bit of a hit and miss affair earlier this week with rain falling across the country.  Some…

5 dead after yesterday’s powerful Solomon Islands quake

 An 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami that killed five…

Next few days looking largely dry

As we pretty much expected conditions leading up to the weekend and over the weekend sees Summer resuming normal activity…

Thursday’s national forecast

An anticyclone lies over New Zealand today bringing settled sunny weather to most. Upper North Island Mostly sunny and clear…

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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…