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Surreal video as Australian champion surfer Mick Fanning survives shark attack

A shaken Mick Fanning has said he would be happy to never compete again after being attacked by a shark…

A big dry high coming – Monday’s Weather Video

A large high is rolling in from Australia and apart from brisk south to south west winds and a few…

100+ people still flooded out of North Island homes

More than a hundred people still remain out of their homes a month on from the devastating floods that caused…

Gales, snow and a fast front – #WeatherRisks and our main centre outlook

A fast moving front is set to move through the South Island through the day, bringing strong winds and snow…

Monday’s national forecast

A southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today, within that flow a front moves northwards over the South Island this…

Large anticyclone moving in this week

A few snow and rain showers are yet to clear the country but an incoming anticyclone (or high) is already…

NEW POLL: Rate the first half of winter

We are smack bang in the middle of winter – our coldest, snowiest and wettest season – and some parts…

USA – Tinder dry California burns as wildfire rages

A wildfire driven by desert gales scorched 3,500 acres of Southern California drought land in just four hours on Friday….

Sunday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Morning showers clearing then sunny areas increasing, southwesterly winds tend gusty southerly then ease later. Lower North…

Week in Weather: What’s Been Making Headlines this Week

We enter another weekend in something of a wintry weather feast – with wind, rain and snow in various parts…

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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…