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El Niño could help retreating glaciers

The El Nino weather event predicted to dump rain on the West Coast this year could actually help the rapidly…

NEW POLL: Do you hit the slopes every winter?

As winter approaches, we here at Weatherwatch want to know how many of our readers enjoy regularly getting up the…

Sunday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Morning cloud breaks to sunny spells for Auckland and the Waikato, southwesterly breezes. Northland may remain fairly…

POLL RESULTS: NZ a nation of winter sleepers

The results of our latest poll are back in – and an overwhelming verdict has been handed down by our…

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

Another crazy weather week just gone – and it started where we ended our last summary – in the USA….

Weather Video: Philip Duncan with your Weekend Weather

A big high is rolling in and despite a gentle southerly flow most places look mostly sunny and settled this…

Saturday’s national forecast

A ridge covers the country today extending out from an anticyclone in the Tasman Sea, a front moving over the…

Friday night’s national forecast

A ridge covers the country tonight bringing mainly settled and clear weather, along with that comes cold overnight lows due…

Tropical cyclones migrating towards cities – report

Tropical cyclones worldwide are moving out of the tropics and more toward the poles and generally larger populations, likely because…

Warm autumn day in Hobart sets 100-year record

Hobart has experienced its warmest late autumn day in more than a century. The state’s capital reached 23.9 degrees in…

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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…