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Papua New Guinea: Fears over deadly drought increase – El Niño blamed

Children at an orphanage in Papua New Guinea’s drought-hit highlands may die from lack of food and water, its director…

More winds in the new week – #WeatherRisks on Monday

Winds are sticking around to start the new week, this time from the westerly quarter in places – while there’s…

Monday’s national forecast

A brisk southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today, mainly cloudy in the west with a few showers about. Sunnier…

NEW POLL: How are your spring allergies?

We asked about spring allergies in a poll at the end of winter, given the early start to spring conditions…

Is a ‘Super El Niño’ on the way? (+ANIMATION)

New maps show how the 2015 El Nino is shaping up to look a lot like a strong event that…

Sunday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Cloudy areas with breezy westerly winds, chance of a shower at times mainly about the Waikato. Lower…

POLL RESULTS: A frost-free second spring month for most kiwis

Spring has been the very definition of a mixed bag so far – we’ve had winds, rain and sunshine –…

Windy Westerlies for rest of October

We’ve passed the halfway mark of the month and now the remainder of October looks…well, similar.   Basically high pressure…

Week in Weather – What’s been making headlines this week

A mixed week weather-wise for New Zealand, we’ve seen wind and showers on parts of both islands, and plenty of…

Saturday’s national forecast

Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay Of Plenty Mostly cloudy, a few sunny areas possible at times mainly about the Bay…

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Meteors – Your Eyewitness Reports!

WeatherWatch.co.nz receives meteor reports from all over New Zealand and the globe, 24/7/365. **CASUAL COMMENTS**If you’ve seen something in the…

Latest: Gabrielle approaches NZ (+25 Maps)

The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle will be felt across much of the North Island today, especially later in the day,…

Cyclone Gabrielle strengthening as it slowly passes Great Barrier Island (20+ maps)

12:15am Tuesday NZDT — Cyclone Gabrielle’s movement has slowed to an absolute crawl near Great Barrier Island. The longer the…