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Yes, NZ’s weather is warming back up again

Temperatures lift on Wednesday for many, then further going into Thursday and Friday as subtropical and/or nor’westers return. Cooler southerlies linger in some parts of NZ, especially the eastern North Island on Wednesday. ...

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Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy South to Sou'West winds.
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ClimateWatch: MARCH is looking quite orderly to start with

Storms near Antarctica, Autumn’s westerlies building south of Australia & NZ, high pressure again affecting both nations and the tropics…

Colder tonight for many, Lunar eclipse Tuesday, high pressure dominates

A lot of low pressure is spinning east of the country while a large high is moving in – this…

March Madness: Tropical Cyclone URMIL, a cold change and a ‘mountain range of high pressure’

March often brings in some wild changes in our weather – and we do have both a tropical cyclone north…

Monday’s temperature drop, latest on tropical low, + more high pressure in early March

A cold front is today moving up the South Island, falling apart over the North Island going into Friday/Saturday. On…

High pressure, cold fronts & a potential offshore tropical storm

We still have summer weather left – but as end the month of February and kick off March we do…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 10:13am on Wed 4 March 2026
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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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