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Another low coming later this week, high pressure expected next week

For many regions this week will leaner wetter than it’s been for a while, with milder weather continuing on (for this time of year). As today’s heavy rain clears to showers, there may be some heavier downpours later today/to...

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Long weekend weather + outlook as June starts

There will be large dry areas this weekend but the weather is going downhill with rain and wind developing in…

Heavy rain & gusty winds for parts of NZ this long weekend

The long weekend starts off mostly settled and dry, then subtropical north to north-west winds kick in with heavy West…

Latest on the long weekend weather

We still have another large high pressure zone to move over the nation, but subtropical northerlies will pick up this…

Subtropical northerlies and some wet weather chances going into the long weekend

More high pressure is moving over NZ this week but this week it slides east of us, creating subtropical northerlies…

Your NZ forecast through to King’s Birthday Monday

High pressure continues to control NZ’s weather but a change to wet weather and low pressure is expected during the…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 4:43am on Wed 3 June 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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