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Opinion: NZ has summers that are “juuust right”

This, the weather we’ve been having for the past five weeks, is what a “fairly average summer” in New Zealand…

46 dead after landslide in southwest China

Burrowing by hand and machines, Chinese soldiers and emergency crews toiled on steep, frigid slopes looking for the few missing…

Sunday’s national forecast

High pressure will bring a dry start to most of the North Island whilst a set of frontal boundaries brings…

Sunday will be mainly hot and mainly dry for the NI

High pressure will continue to keep much of the North Island hot and dry on Sunday.  That doesn’t mean the…

Heavy rain on the way for the parts of the Mainland

Another round of heavy and thundery falls is on the way for the western South Island.  A pair of frontal…

NSW/ACT heat and fire threat continues

Fire Weather Warnings are in place about many parts of Australia.  Parts of WA, SA, QLD, VIC and NSW all…

Heat and heavy rain for parts of NZ this weekend

Summer sunshine courtesy of a large area of high pressure will bake the North Island today.  The highest temperatures are…

Saturday’s national forecast

High pressure should keep the North Island quite dry today.  The only exception being East Cape/Gisborne where a few showers…

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Plane crash at Dairy Flat a “false alarm”

Updated – Emergency services are heading home from Auckland’s Dairy Flat after failing to find any wreckage of a plane…

Cooler weather on the way early next week with some rain

A font will begin to come together in the Tasman Sea later tomorrow and then on Sunday starts advancing over…

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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…