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A tropical low next week *might* affect NZ

It’s not locked in yet, but a tropical storm may end up drifting southwards towards NZ about one week from now, following a subtropical low that is tonight brushing the north-east corner of the North Island. March is the peak of t...

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Australia: Will Tropical Cyclone Narelle track along half of Oz’s entire coastline?

Tropical Cyclone NARELLE has formed and is heading into northern parts of FNQ, the Katherine region of NT and then…

NZ 9 Day: Two subtropical lows, but a lot of dry weather

In our extended outlook today we track two subtropical storms, one that will likely miss most of NZ while the…

Subtropical low (yes, another one) to brush the NI, high pressure still in charge

A subtropical low will power up over the next 24 hours and brush past the north-eastern corner of the North…

NZ weather: Skies will get drier before they get any wetter

High pressure is the main feature of New Zealand’s weather this week, the upcoming weekend and likely kicking off next…

NZ 8 Day: High pressure to return, also monitoring tropics next week

A cooler change is moving into NZ tonight and Saturday then winds ease further on Sunday as high pressure starts…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 7:20am on Fri 20 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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