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Archives for December 2011

Lightning injures Sunshine Coast locals

A boatload of Christmas revellers had a lucky escape yesterday when their vessel suffered a direct lightning strike as vicious…

Eye on NZ: Nelson

Nelson is well known for being one of the sunniest centres, if not the sunniest each year in the country…

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Sunday’s national highs

Todays highest temperature was 27 at Wanaka and Alexandra and the lowest was 16 at Lyttelton. Kaitaia : 19 Whangarei…

Lunar Eclipse-Your pics

A copper-tinged moon was overhead during the early hours of this morning for a rare lunar eclipse around New Zealand….

Cricket: NZ strong but weather ordinary

In a remarkable turn around of events yesterday the Black Caps appear to have the upper hand against Australia in…

Muggy north, drier and cooler south

Today is looking brighter for some regions than others with the warmest temperatures likely in inland areas but northern and…

Weather back in the day…..

Two weeks until Xmas day and today we take a look back on this day and noteable weather events in…

Rare lunar eclipse in tonight’s sky

A copper-tinged moon will be visible early tomorrow morning as New Zealand gets the box seat for a rare lunar…

Floods, landslides, fire and drought: Extreme weather the norm in 2011

INTERNATIONAL — (London, CNN) — Global mean temperatures this year might not have scaled the record-equaling heights of 2010, but it’s…

Weather Video: Humid, wet, sub-tropical weather to set in

Philip Duncan from WeatherWatch.co.nz teams up with nzherald.co.nz to bring you the latest on the incoming sub-tropical low.  There are…