Feb 3 2012 - 10:40am
December was marked by easterlies, dragging in cloud, slightly lowering temps and bring in that rain - yes, most of you remember that rain. January saw those easterlies die out and instead...
Feb 3 2012 - 9:04am
An earthquake measuring 5.7 has shaken the lower North Island awake this morning.
The quake struck at 7am, and was centred in the South Taranaki Bight, 90km south of Opunake and 160km northwest of...
Feb 3 2012 - 5:00am
A tropical storm and its associated storminess will stay away from us today. High pressure will not only keep the storm well to our north, it will also try to keep our weather settled for today...
Feb 2 2012 - 5:00pm
The high that is currently stretching over New Zealand will help prevent a tropical storm from coming our way for the long weekend, but it does come with a catch - cloud.
Feb 2 2012 - 2:00pm
A typical autumn could be on its way as the La Nina behind the extreme weather in recent months starts to fade away.
Niwa's seasonal climate outlook for February to April has forecast near-normal...
Feb 2 2012 - 11:00am
The Manawatu Gorge will be closed for at least five more months.
The New Zealand Transport Agency announced today that the main route between Manawatu and Hawke's Bay would stay shut because of the...
Feb 2 2012 - 8:44am
Updated 8:44am --- A cold front that moved up the South Island yesterday ran out of steam far sooner than expected as the Southern Alps and a large high over the North Island started...
Feb 2 2012 - 5:00am
The South Island didn't get as much rain yesterday as was orginally expected. The dying front that was the focus for what rain did fall yesterday, will be the focus for today's North Island...
Feb 1 2012 - 7:00pm
Country99TV has New Zealand's only true long range weather forecast every weeknight at 8:20pm. This 8 minute forecast is entirely focused on agribusiness - and we look well beyond NZ, as...
Feb 1 2012 - 5:00pm
New Zealand's most prominent group of global warming sceptics has received at least $84,000 from an American think-tank which has been backed by fossil fuel interests and accused of "climate...
Feb 1 2012 - 2:30pm
nzherald.co.nz and Philip Duncan from WeatherWatch.co.nz bring you the latest on the weakening southerly which is expected to bring more cloud than showers for the North Island on Thursday.
At...
Feb 1 2012 - 11:00am
U.N. nuclear experts gave a thumbs-up to Japan's planned "stress tests" for its remaining nuclear power plants Tuesday but left Japanese authorities to decide whether the plants themselves...
Feb 1 2012 - 7:46am
Severe nor' west wind gusts were recorded in Middlemarch, Otago late yesterday and resulted in some reports of damage.
Iron from several buildings were lifted as the winds roared through the town,...
Feb 1 2012 - 7:00am
Our disturbed summer weather pattern continues as a low in the Southern Ocean again fires a cold, wet, windy change up the country.
The winds are being generated between the low and fairly...
Feb 1 2012 - 5:00am
It's going to be a sodden day for South Islanders.
But us North Islanders shouldn't get too comfortable. Our turn is coming tomorrow.
Jan 31 2012 - 3:51pm
Blustery winds are pushing across the South Island and are again heading north as another, much weaker, southerly change approaches.
WeatherWatch.co.nz says the southerly change will arrive...
Jan 31 2012 - 11:00am
As Kiwis were heading off for their Christmas holidays – known better in NZ as our Summer holidays – there was one thing that really stood out...the weather was anything but summer-like.
Jan 31 2012 - 7:00am
But there are a few exceptions. Also, this has been a summer of weird weather. Let's hope Mother Nature doesn't throw us any curve balls.
Jan 31 2012 - 5:00am
Rain is on its way back into the forecast.
But not necessarily for today. A pocket of dry air will help to keep all but Fiordland dry in the deep south of the South Island.
Jan 30 2012 - 5:00pm
While some of you South Islanders basked in sunshine and summer warmth yesterday, many of you weren't so lucky. Today, that changed for a lot of you.
Take a look at this...
Yesterday's high in...
The weather is still in a holding pattern today but don't expect wall to wall sunshine everywhere even though we are... more 
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