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NZ VIDEO: Weekend weather + outlook for next week

Milder weather is moving in this weekend, ahead of a wintry change that peaks around Monday to Wednesday across New Zealand, bringing some heavy mountain snow and the chance of some low lying snow flurries around the South Island. ...

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NZ VIDEO: Milder northerlies this weekend, colder air next week again

A northerly flow will spread over a number of regions this weekend, nudging temperatures up for a time but also…

NZ VIDEO: Temperatures to (briefly) lift this weekend

Milder airflows, some with subtropical connections, will spread across parts of NZ over Friday, Saturday and Sunday – ahead of…

NZ VIDEO: Polar air lingers, snow and rain next week

Cold polar air remains over NZ this week before a brief “warming up” this weekend as northerlies return – ahead…

NZ VIDEO: Polar air dominates this week & next

A cold pool of air lies over New Zealand for much of this week, ahead of a wintry burst next…

NZ VIDEO: Colder & drier air for a week, but some get showers for days

High pressure is returning to NZ this weekend but some will have lingering showers through into next week as a…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 6:35am on Sat 16 August 2025
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WeatherWatchTV on YouTube climbs over 100K subscribers, joins global club of just 0.7%

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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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