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NZ: Your weekend weather + outlook for start of December

((No video on Friday – back again Monday, Dec 1)) — Despite an unsettled weather pattern around New Zealand most places will still get some settled weather over the next week, but windy weather, a few thunderstorms ...

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Windy, warmer, for most – but a weak cold front coming

A storm well south of NZ will help produce gale force nor-westers going into Thursday, especially through the Southern Alps….

Bursts of windy weather as NZ sits between highs and lows

Some hotter weather is coming this week, especially in the east as the nor’wester cranks back up again with surges…

We’re not done with the spring westerlies or Southern Ocean storms

With the summer heat already arriving in 90% of New Zealand’s regions it’s easy to think spring is done, but…

Darwin: Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina tracks right past city

Saturday AM update — It’s a more serious forecast for Darwin Saturday with Cyclone Fina upgraded to a Severe Category…

NZ: Isolated weekend downpours, next week westerlies return

We’re not done with the Southern Ocean yet. A very large storm south of NZ next week will ensure a…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 8:28am on Sat 29 November 2025
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ClimateWatch: NOVEMBER’s outlook as high pressure lifts in NZ, low pressure grows in Oz.

In our monthly “ClimateWatch” forecast the first week of November in NZ looks settled and mostly dry, while Australia and…

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WeatherWatchTV on YouTube climbs over 100K subscribers, joins global club of just 0.7%

WeatherWatchTV now has over 100,000 subscribers, larger than Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology and far exceeding the NZ Government’s Niwa Weather…

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Top 10 NZ Weather MythBusters! (Even we were surprised at some of the answers!)

REPOST from our Education pages — Can you get sunburnt on a cloudy day? Do highs always bring sunny weather?…

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