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Archives for April 2016

Tuesday’s national forecast

A high brings mainly settled weather to New Zealand today, a few showers move through Northland. Northland, Auckland, Waikato &…

High pressure sets in – The Big Picture on Tuesday

A high covers most of New Zealand – meaning we’re looking forward to some fairly settled weather in the next…

Big high moving in for school holidays – Monday’s Weather Video

The school holidays are here and high pressure is moving in bringing ideal conditions for most regions until Friday. This…

Ecuador’s deadliest quake in decades kills 246 people, 2527 wounded, toll to rise

Updated 10:37am — The catastrophic earthquake that destroyed buildings in Ecuador on Saturday became far more devastating today, with the death…

UPDATE: Coromandel flooding receding

UPDATED: Floodwaters have receded and all roads are open in the Coromandal Peninsula after the region was hit by torrential…

Rain replaced by sun – Your Main Centre outlook on Monday

Another week begins in pretty settled fashion – with plenty of sun, a few clouds, and some light breezes in…

Monday’s national forecast

A ridge builds over the South Island today while the North Island has a southerly airflow and an offshore low…

NEW POLL: Have you had a frost yet?

It’s about this time of year that we start to see the autumn’s first frosts start to pick up in…

Magnitude 7.8 quake kills at least 41 in Ecuador

Updated 4:22pm — At least 41 people are dead after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred Saturday evening on the coast…

March smashes global temperature records – is El Niño to blame?

The global temperature in March has shattered a century-long record and by the greatest margin yet seen for any month….