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High risk of thunderstorms for northern New Zealand
A slow moving front and high humidity will today bring a risk of thunderstorms to northern New Zealand. Government forecaster…
Outlook for Thursday – your guess is good as mine
A question mark still hangs over the Thursday forecast for parched farms in Northland. WeatherWatch.co.nz says a low in the southern Tasman…
Motorway flood chaos possible
King tides predicted for Auckland starting next weekend should not pose too much of a problem – providing the weather…
Firefighters battling hard to protect Titahi Bay homes
Helicopters are heading back out to continue fighting a large scrub fire in Titahi Bay, north west of Wellington. The…
Rene contributing to gales in Auckland
Winds are reaching gale force at times about coastal parts of Auckland today as a sou’wester sets in. The strong…
Very hot and sticky in the north
Finding it unbearably hot and humid across northern New Zealand today? Not surprising – the humidex readings at WeatherWatch.co.nz have…
Rene unlikely to bring much rain to NZ
Latest weather data and weather models are agreeing that ex-tropical cyclone Rene won’t be bringing big relief to dry North…
Instructor breaks down recalling tragedy
An instructor has broken down as she described the day six Auckland students and a teacher died during a canyoning…
Northland native birds near starvation
Native birds are on the brink of starvation in drought-stricken Northland, with many young kiwi chicks dying of thirst or…
Weak front creates high thunder risk in north
In a similar set up to the recent North Island thunderstorms a weak front is being destroyed by a large…
