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VIDEO: NZ has a burst of wind, rain from the west – then a colder weekend

Milder north to north-west winds, with subtropical connections for some, will ramp up on Wednesday and Thursday ahead of a cold front exiting Australia today (and reaching NZ for Thu/Fri). The front will clear NZ by the weeken...

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VIDEO: NZ-wide burst of windy, wet, weather mid-late this week

A blast of gale westerlies and a shot of colder air is coming into NZ mid to late this week…

VIDEO: WW hits 100K on YouTube + Your Long Weekend Weather

We have your weather outlook for Matariki and the long weekend, plus the outlook for next week. With many people…

VIDEO: Matariki Long Weekend Weather

It’s the shortest day of the year on Saturday, which also means we’re at the halfway point of the Solar…

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…

NEW: Animated marine maps, explore NZ in extra detail + the globe

Thanks to the New Zealand team at Ripple, WeatherWatch.co.nz now has further highly detailed marine, fishing and surfing maps: View…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 5:20pm on Tue 24 June 2025
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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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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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