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7 Day Weather: A few weak cold fronts, but a lot more high pressure

We’re not done with summer – if it does feel a little Autumnal at times now. We have a few weak cold fronts brushing NZ over the coming several days, bringing some rain to the south-west of the South Island and showers here ...

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Storm finally easing, a cold front Friday, then high pressure this weekend

One storm is unwinding, while another subtropical storm is powering up – but this will miss much of NZ, but…

Monday update: East coast storm continues, but a brighter forecast for many this weekend

Severe weather continues today in the southern half of the North Island and some eastern parts of the South Island,…

NZ: Sunday update as an east coast storm strengthens further

Stronger winds and heavy rain are in the forecast for Sunday PM and across Monday around eastern and central parts…

Eastern & central NZ most exposed to severe gales, heavy rain, dangerous seas next few days

In this special Saturday update we track the low north of NZ that is expected to develop into a storm…

Latest on severe weather risks leading up to Sun/Mon’s east coast storm

Severe weather risks start today, even though a storm isn’t forecast until Monday as low pressure replaces high pressure over…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 2:58pm on Wed 18 February 2026
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ClimateWatch: NOVEMBER’s outlook as high pressure lifts in NZ, low pressure grows in Oz.

In our monthly “ClimateWatch” forecast the first week of November in NZ looks settled and mostly dry, while Australia and…

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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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