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VIDEO: NZ enters peak winter as cold air dominates next week or two

Friday sees wet weather crossing NZ from the west ahead of a colder weekend – and a cold week next week for many places as frosts and high pressure return. There may be some snow to 300 metres in the South Island and aro...

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NZ VIDEO: Wintry weekend is coming, some snow and frosts

Friday sees rain clouds moving through followed by a wintry southerly that will bring polar air as far north as…

NZ VIDEO: Friday wet weather risks, weekend cold change

One big high is departing NZ and before the next arrives we have some wet weather moving through. On Friday,…

VIDEO: High pressure crosses NZ but offshore lows in the mix

Frosty weather will melt away this week as milder airflows kick in – followed by a bit of late week…

VIDEO: ClimateWatch – AUGUST kicks off with powerful highs, but some stormy lows

Higher air pressure is expected across NZ and Australia going into August – but storms and lows surrounding us are…

NZ VIDEO: Frosts & huge high pressure – August kicks off settled

Most places are dry over the weekend ahead – and next week too, as high pressure crosses NZ and dominates….

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Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 10:35pm on Thu 7 August 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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