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Extreme Tasman Sea storm to blast Australia and drench New Zealand (+15 Maps)

Extensive Coverage — A significant storm is developing in the Tasman Sea and will bring extreme conditions to the south…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Thursday / Friday

A ridge of high pressure slips away from the North Island today meanwhile a northerly airflow lies over the South…

NZ’s MetOcean measures largest wave ever recorded in Southern Hemisphere

On Tuesday night the MetOcean Solutions wave buoy moored in the Southern Ocean just south of New Zealand recorded a…

Thursday’s national forecast

A ridge of high pressure slips away from the North Island today meanwhile a northerly airflow lies over the South…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Thursday

A ridge of high pressure slips away from the North Island on Thursday meanwhile a northerly airflow lies over the…

Weather Video: Very large Tasman Sea low to form this weekend, linger through next week

High pressure dominates both main islands of New Zealand for Wednesday but over Thursday and Friday it slips away and…

Large complicated low may linger for 10+ days affecting both NZ & Australia (+5 Maps)

A complicated area of low pressure is developing today in the western Tasman Sea and will deepen over the weekend…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Wednesday / Thursday

Becoming settled today as an anticyclone moves over New Zealand from the west however this high doesn’t last long and…

Wednesday’s national forecast

An anticyclone brings mainly settled conditions to New Zealand today. Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay Of PlentyMostly sunny, some cloud…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Wednesday

Becoming settled on Wednesday as an anticyclone moves over. Mainly settled across New Zealand on Wednesday, some high cloud for…

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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…