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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 as a low remains just to the north of the country. Coupled with incoming high pressure further south it’s enc...

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Mainly sunny. Breezy South to Sou'West winds.
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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…

NI low pressure, SI polar change

Low pressure will move over the upper North Island this week, bringing hit and miss pockets of heavier rain into…

Rain & showers this weekend, colder change next week

Some places will warm up over the next day or so as a nor’wester out of Australia moves across NZ,…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 5:05am on Sat 27 June 2026
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Why is NZ so windy? We explain the Roaring Forties!

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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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