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VIDEO: NZ & Australia – Tracking the rain makers

Cold fronts and low pressure zones are impacting the weather across NZ and Australia, bringing some rain relief to dry regions – but probably not enough to reverse the drought or dry conditions some places have. Still, the wet wea...

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Tuesday Newsfeed: High pressure crosses the South Island, showers for eastern NZ

Showers continue along the eastern side of NZ on Tuesday as high pressure moves over the South Island, bringing mostly…

VIDEO: Severe Cyclone Megan for Aussie + NZ’s big high pressure zones

A severe cyclone is making landfall this morning in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) in a fairly remote area, although at…

Monday Newsfeed: Eastern showers, cooler air + incoming high pressure

Showery weather slides up eastern NZ with cooler southerly quarter winds as high pressure from the Tasman Sea slowly moves…

Weekend Newsfeed: Cooler weekend for NZ with high pressure over Tasmania

Sunday – The high moves closer still and the skies dry out further in the east, however the lower South…

VIDEO: NZ RainWatch: Scattered showers with a number of cold fronts

We have no video this Friday so we’ve brought our 7 Day RainWatch update ahead one day. A number of…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 6:05pm on Tue 19 March 2024

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NEW FREE WeatherWatch APP: NZ’s largest weather app + Upgrade to customise your own alerts!

We’ve kicked off 2024 with the launch of our brand New App – the biggest change to NZ’s forecasting industry…

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Education: The most accurate ways to read a rain forecast & get fewer nasty surprises

REPOST from our Education Pages — It’s always interesting when we get a complaint about a rain forecast, just how…

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Why is NZ so windy? We explain the Roaring Forties!

From our Education page — New Zealanders shouldn’t be so surprised how often it’s windy here. After all, we’re basically…

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