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Air New Zealand maintains full schedule

Air New Zealand passengers are the only people taking to the skies today,our national carrier is the only airline maintaining…

Windy north, calm south

Southwesterlies up to 100kph are buffeting parts of northern New Zealand this morning and keeping temperatures down. Exposed parts of…

Chch quake site sees huge volume

In just 24 hours, the landcheck.org.nz website built for Christchurch residents to check on the status of their residential property…

Qantas & JetStar cancel flights again to/from NZ

Bad news for people hoping to fly this weekend. The Civil Aviation Authority says the volcanic ash cloud hovering over…

Dangerous thunderstorms head into drenched BOP

UPDATED — 7:19pm.  Thunderstorms are this evening moving into eastern Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty as the centre of…

The science behind lightning, how it works

If you’ve ever scuffed your socks on carpeting on a dry day and touched metal, or “shocked” someone unexpectedly, you’ve…

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Friday’s national highs

Today’s highest temperature was 17 at Gisborne, Napier. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 4 at Alexandra. Kaitaia : 15 Whangarei…

Weather Video: Latest on the ash, plus incoming southerly

WeatherWatch.co.nz and NZHerald.co.nz team up to bring you the latest on the ash cloud over New Zealand and the likely…

Colder southerly on the way, snow possible

As a cooler southerly works its way up the country this weekend it could be a strong southerly next week that…

POLL: Is the ash cloud affecting your future travel plans?

With nervousness about whether or not ash from Chile’s still erupting volcano will delay or cancel future flight plans we’re…

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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…