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NZ 11-day forecast: Covering Easter weekend weather

We have the latest on the large low that has brought severe weather to NZ as it unravels today and tonight, but still has some pockets of heavy rain and strong winds. The weekend has a few showers around but larger dry spells ...

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Update on severe weather around NZ as storm moves in + outlook for next week

Heavy rain and damaging wind gusts are forecast today, tonight and into Friday across parts of New Zealand as a…

Subtropical storm moving in, gales and some heavy rain, especially Thu/Fri

Heavy rain and gale winds will slowly move down the country over the next 24 to 36 hours a subtropical…

Tropical storm to bring severe weather to NZ, gales & heavy rain

A tropical cyclone is today leaving the tropics and will grow into a larger storm system for a time in…

Tropical low to bring wind & rain this week

A low exiting the tropics near New Caledonia this week will grow larger in the Tasman Sea and finally bring…

High pressure grows, but a stormy end to next week possible

A settled weekend is on the way and apart from a few isolated showers in both main islands many regions…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 7:43am on Sat 28 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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