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Weather Video: More windy warmth to come

Conditions for some parts of New Zealand over the next few days will be windy – which will help boost…

Unmanned Russian rocket explodes after liftoff (+ Video)

An unmanned Russian rocket veered off course and exploded in a fireball, seconds after liftoff from a launch pad in…

50 years since Kaimai crash killed 23

Exactly 50 years after 23 passengers and crew members died when their plane crashed into the Kaimai Range, family members…

Sub-tropical low to brush northern NZ with heavy rain

Torrential rain is associated with a fairly small sub-tropical low just north of New Zealand at the moment – and…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A low pressure system moves towards the upper North Island today bringing rain which could become heavy overnight for Auckland…

Drowning figures in decline

New Zealand is on track for a record low annual drowning toll on the back of fresh figures showing 15…

Tuesday night’s national forecast

A strong northwesterly airflow lies over most of the country tonight, meanwhile a low pressure system approaches the far north…

Opinion: Is Obama right on Climate Change?

Editor’s note: Chris Field is the director of the Department of Global Ecology of the Carnegie Institution for Science and…

Another Thursday sub-tropical low

Last Thursday a fairly weak low passed just north of Cape Reinga bringing some heavy rain to Northland – but only…

Tuesday’s national forecast

A strong northwesterly airflow lies over the South Island today while an anticyclone controls most of the weather for the…

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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…