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High pressure for much of the country: 10 day outlook

Powerful high pressure is moving over New Zealand not only for this weekend but possibly for the next couple of weeks. Mid-next week there may be some changes with more of a northerly quarter airflow moving in, but many regions still lo...

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Foggy weather off & on next couple of weeks

High pressure in Autumn usually leads to fog and our unique fog forecaster can better help you plan ahead, especially…

Wed April 29 – No video today sorry!

Apologies but due to some tech hassles with our camera (and a fairly quiet weather forecast) we don’t have an…

A cold front to brush the south, but high pressure dominates

Today’s video is short and sharp because there isn’t a lot of weather on the way! A cold front will…

NZ weather forecast to May 1st

Heavy rain moves north of Auckland city today but remains in the north of the region and should be clearing…

NZ: Anzac Day + long weekend weather, and how next week is shaping up

High pressure is trying to move in to NZ, but there is still the chance of some heavy rain in…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 2:43am on Fri 1 May 2026
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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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Why is NZ so windy? We explain the Roaring Forties!

From our Education page — New Zealanders shouldn’t be so surprised how often it’s windy here. After all, we’re basically…

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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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