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NZ VIDEO: Here. Comes. Winter!

Snow to low levels, thundery downpours and a big temperature drop is on the way for NZ later this week and weekend with some places inland through the South Island dropping to -10C at night with daytime highs barely in the positive sing...

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VIDEO: ClimateWatch: June sees big highs, but more breaks in between

AUSTRALASIA — There’s plenty of high pressure still coming in to Australia and New Zealand over the next few weeks…

VIDEO: NZ 7 Day: King’s Bday weekend + Winter arrives!

The long weekend is here and with it comes the official start of winter on the meteorological calendar. The weather…

VIDEO: NZ – Downpours, thunderstorms and Long Weekend Weather

Thunderstorms and heavy downpours are crossing northern NZ on Thursday, clearing early Friday – then a cold change moves into…

Thunderstorms & downpours moving into NZ, mostly for North Island (+Animation)

A significant burst of Autumn thunderstoms are moving into NZ today from the Tasman Sea and may cause some issues…

VIDEO: Heavy downpours/thunder, then a windy SW flow for the long weekend

A large low in the Tasman Sea is moving into NZ with pockets of heavy rain, strong winds – and…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 10:43am on Wed 4 June 2025

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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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Comparing the world’s most well known cities with NZ’s latitude – some may surprise you! (+2 Maps)

From our Education Pages — It’s often said weather forecasters spend much of their lives looking up at the sky,…

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