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NZ VIDEO: Weekend weather, daylight saving begins – and how October will kick off

A cold front is moving up NZ today bringing West Coast thunderstorms and windier weather into a number of regions, especially going into the North Island. Saturday morning will be colder for some, with the chance of frosts thr...

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NZ VIDEO: Polar air, subtropical air, gales, sunshine and showers

Peak spring weather continues over NZ with another windy, colder, surge of weather this weekend and again early next week….

NZ VIDEO: Cold fronts, windy surges – but dry/sunny spells for many too

In true spring style the weather is all over the place, but continues to be westerly driven for the most…

NZ VIDEO: Tracking the next surge(s) of gales & polar air

The unsettled westerly driven weather pattern continues – although a subtropical flow for the upper North Island brings northerlies and…

NZ: Windy westerlies won’t quit – and who gets the rain this week

Rain will cross the North Island over the next two days as the next cold front also approaches the South…

NZ VIDEO: Heavy rain, frosts, gales & a solar eclipse – how the next week is shaping up

High pressure is bringing a burst of wind and rain for many over Friday and Saturday – but gales return…

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Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 7:43am on Sun 28 September 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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