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Fire risk extreme, bans remain or reinstated

Parts of the country continue to see an extreme fire risk and cooler temperatures with moderate rainfalls would alleviate the…

Video: RainWatch – Philip Duncan tracks current rain-makers

Philip Duncan with nzherald.co.nz bring you the latest on New Zealand’s big dry – and just where are the current rain…

Opinion: February school holidays – Are you for real?

What’s all this talk about a possible change to summer holidays? February this year has been particularly sunny for many…

NZ at Noon

A new season has begun and in some cases it appeared a switch may have been flicked overnight but for…

RainWatch

There are signs of some showery activity this weekend and that’s more than we’ve seen over the last three weekends….

Autumn begins: Risk of some showers this weekend

The northeast tip of the east of the North Island and the southern edge of the deep south appear to…

Friday’s national forecast

An anticyclone will finally weaken over the country today with an area of low pressure to the southwest and another…

Second week of March shows rain potential

Weather patterns could be changing by the time the second week of March arrives however we’ve seen a set up…

Oz main centre weekend forecast

It’s been a very wet time for parts of eastern Australia recently and today we’re looking at the main cities…

Rainwatch – Thursday

A sou’ east flow is being maintained over the Far North and about Gisborne with still the risk of a…

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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…