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First Saturday of Summer: Above 30 degrees in parts of NZ, stormy in Australia (+Maps)

Updated 3:07pm — The first week of summer on the meteorological calendar is hot for some as temperatures over 30…

Sunscreens test shows need for regulation says Consumer NZ

Consumer NZ’s latest test of sunscreens highlights New Zealand’s situation of classifying sunscreens as cosmetics is not protecting consumers and needs to…

New Poll: Has Summer weather arrived early this year?

Poll Closes this weekend — With the warmer than average weather in a number of regions, a significant ‘big dry’…

Saturday’s national forecast

Today sees a northwesterly airflow start to develop over the South Island, this brings an end to heavy inland showers…

Weather Video: Storms ease & high pressure dominates NZ, Aussie faces severe weather

The run of high pressure continues around New Zealand as we head into the weekend and next week – however…

New Zealand’s risk of severe weather diminishes today as Australia’s risk soars (+7 Maps)

For the first time in a week the chances of severe weather in New Zealand is reducing while over the…

InfoGraphic: The Main Weather News Highlights across NZ: Fri, Sat, Sun

An anticyclone continues to cover New Zealand today, watch once again for inland downpours / thunderstorms during this afternoon and…

Friday’s national forecast

An anticyclone continues to cover New Zealand today, watch once again for inland downpours / thunderstorms during the afternoon and…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture on Friday

An anticyclone continues to cover New Zealand on Friday, watch once again for inland downpours / thunderstorms during the afternoons…

Severe Thunderstorms in upper North Island

UPDATED 4:30pm — Thunderstorms are continuing this afternoon across central and northern regions of the North Island. There are widespread…

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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…