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Warm sunny weather in the east, rain picking up for South Westland

SituationA high pressure system continues to bring settled weather over most of the country today but it is starting to move away to the east with a northwesterly airflow beginning to form over the South Island....

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Settled now, fronts end of the week with heavy rain + strong winds.

Situation A large high pressure system sits over the country today, mainly centred over the North Island but this will…

WeatherWatch videos on hold following injury

WeatherWatch head forecaster Philip Duncan will be unable to front weather videos for the rest of May following a home…

VIDEO: ClimateWatch: MAY-be it will, MAY-be it won’t. Here’s what “neutral” likely means for you

Covering New Zealand, Australia and the south-west Pacific we track the high and low air pressure over the weeks ahead,…

VIDEO: NZ: Incoming high, but is that another sub-tropical low too?

A cooler and drier weekend is on the way as high pressure moves in and lingers over the country through…

VIDEO: NZ – Storm continues to Friday, then eases as huge high pressure arrives

Hurricane force winds (120km/h+) in central NZ, squalls around Auckland, heavy rain across Canterbury up to Wairarapa and a cold…

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Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 3:28pm on Wed 7 May 2025

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