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Archives for May 2012

May: Pretty good or below par?

May is officially the last month of Autumn and how does the first 3 weeks of the month ticked along…

VIDEO ARCHIVE: Wellington lashed by storm

Just over a couple of years ago a vigorous southerly whipped into Wellington with winds well in excess of 100kph…

Swarm of quakes has some Cantabs on edge

It’s been an active 24 hours and some Cantabrians remain nervous as a swarm of aftershocks continue to rattle the…

Monday’s national forecast

The Far North could see the weather turning a little dirty today with showers possibly holding a rumble of thunder…

Here comes winter. Are you ready?

Winter begins in less than two weeks.  Are you ready?  Tell us what you are doing to get ready for…

4.6 rattles Christchurch

GeoNet is reporting that a strong quake struck Christchurch just after 5pm Sunday. According to the reviewed data, the quake…

US and Kiwi English can be worlds apart

When I first moved to New Zealand one year ago, I knew there would be issues with my accent and,…

Looking ahead

A ridge of high pressure appears to still be on track to take over our weather for this week. There…

Sunday’s national forecast

We will find ourselves in between weather systems today.  We will have the low off to our east and the…

One year on, new footage released of Joplin tornado

On 22 May, 2011 a massive tornado (EF 5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale) caused catastrophic damage in the city…