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A front brings rain to the North Island this afternoon and evening after what has been a drenching for the top of the South Island this morning. Expect heavy falls for Wellington up through to Taranaki in the west this afterno...

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VIDEO: NZ 7 Day RainWatch – Weekend cold front, then some frosts & another high

A cold front is moving up New Zealand this weekend and will affect most of NZ by Monday . Wet…

Warm today, heavy rain starts Saturday

Situation A westerly quarter airflow brings some cloud and the odd shower in the west today, sunny with warm temperatures…

VIDEO: NZ – Cold front this weekend, next week another high

NZ’s weather is about to warm up over Friday and Saturday ahead of a cold front that moves into the…

Warmth returns in the east, front this weekend

Situation Between high pressure over the upper North Island and lows in the Southern Ocean a westerly flow meanders in…

VIDEO: Big Picture – Cold front for NZ this weekend, but high pressure dominates

A windier, colder and wetter burst of weather is coming into NZ this weekend but there’s still a lot of…

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