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Archives for March 2014

Study finds Kaikoura tsunami risk

A new survey has reaffirmed the threat of an underwater landslide sending a rapid-fire tsunami towards the Kaikoura coast. Earlier…

Friday’s national forecast

An anticyclone lies over the South Island today while a southeasterly airflow blows over the North Island. Generally settled weather…

Thursday night’s national forecast

A large anticyclone cover the country tonight, it doesn’nt mean everyone will get settled weather but the picture is far…

Cook Islands – Cyclone Mike bears down on the Pacific

The Cook Islands is bracing itself as Tropical Cyclone Mike heads towards the Pacific nation. The Fiji Meteorological Service says…

Australia – Thunderstorms soak NSW

Parts of northern New South Wales have seen their heaviest rain in over a year during the past 24 hours…

Mostly dry weather for North Island’s driest regions

Lusi may have dumped significant amounts of rain over some parts of New Zealand but large dairy farming portions of…

Thursday’s national forecast

Fairly settled across some parts of the country tonight although a weak front moves north during the day mainly affecting…

Wednesday night’s national forecast

A ridge of high pressure brings mainly settled weather to the majority of the country tonight, about the far south…

Weather Video: Drier weather returns

High pressure is dominating the South Island and a big chunk of the North Island this week and into the…

Climate change report could change ‘life as we know it’

The huge impact of climate change will be laid bare at the end of this month when the UN publishes…