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Colder nights/mornings, polar change coming Sun/Mon

The nights and mornings ahead will be colder in a number of regions – but an even colder change is coming this Sunday and next Monday as a polar airflow moves in, and may linger for most of next week. More rain will move...

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Mostly sunny. Light South to Sou'East winds.
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Frosts, clearer skies coming – severe weather possible this weekend

High pressure lies south of NZ today and that placement encourages a colder south-east wind into the North Island bringing…

NZ: 8 Day outlook as gales & rain ease, high pressure builds

Damaging wind gusts and heavy rain will continue to affect some parts of the North Island and brushing Marlborough today…

Pockets of hit & miss heavy rain, snow moves northwards

Low pressure continues to slowly move across the upper North Island and for some that will bring the sun out,…

Slow go for northern low & southern cold

For the next few days low pressure will crawl over the upper North Island, driving in rain as far south…

Slow moving low to track over northern NZ

A low pressure zone will slowly cross the North Island over the coming days, bringing hit and miss pockets of…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 5:13am on Wed 1 July 2026
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Ways to get fewer nasty surprises when it comes to wet weather that is (or isn’t!) forecast

REPOST from our Education Pages — It’s always interesting when we get a complaint about a rain forecast, just how…

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Why is NZ so windy? We explain the Roaring Forties!

From our Education page — New Zealanders shouldn’t be so surprised how often it’s windy here. After all, we’re basically…

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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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