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Spring-like until Christmas (NZ’s 11 Day forecast!)

Severe gales, heavy West Coast rain, and temperature fluctuations are on the way as spring weather returns following a much more settled previous month for many. The return of spring-weather may be frustrating for some, especi...

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NZ: Spring gales, temp drops (& spikes) + Fiji has a tropical low to monitor

We have our first forecast for Christmas Eve & Day today, but this coming week looks spring-like as a colder…

Windy westerlies return next week + Vanuatu/Fiji tropical cyclone risk update

(No video Friday, next update is on Sunday) — NZ has a cooler/colder change coming in on Friday as a…

Southerly coming Friday, windy westerlies to return next week + Tropical cyclone update

A colder change is coming for southern NZ later on Thursday and into Friday, with a southerly flow going nationwide…

Refreshing Friday coming + update on possible Vanuatu tropical cyclone

Hot weather will give way to cooler, or more refreshing, weather by the end of this week as a southerly…

A few temperature swings, a subtropical low & subantarctic airflows

High pressure dominates much of NZ to kick off this week – and likely returns again this weekend – but…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 12:58am on Wed 17 December 2025
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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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