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Hubble, sky survey catch rare asteroid crash, NASA says
A mysterious X-shaped pattern of space debris seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope was probably two asteroids that collided, scientists…
Heavy rain relief but we need more: Farmers
Heavy rain that soaked most of Northland yesterday was described as tears from heaven by farmers who have been battling…
January: Dull, wet and cold
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) has confirmed what most of us already knew – January was…
Dry and windy for Northland
Some parts of Northland have had their first significant rainfall in months as a system bringing moist sub-tropical air passed…
Tuesday’s national highs…
Today’s highest temperature was 32 at Alexandra, Murchison. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 15 at Hororata. Kaitaia : 26 Whangarei…
Winter Olympics hit one snag…no snow
From the New York Times With seven years to prepare and a budget of about $2 billion, organizers have nearly everything…
Scientist defends climate report despite slip-ups
A report by the United Nations’ expert panel on climate change, which is under fire for the sourcing of its information,…
Summer settles in the south, strong winds in the north
Settled summer weather has finally arrived over the South Island and shortly Wellington following two months of cold, wet, weather for…
Feb-Traditionally the hottest month
The last month of summer officially in New Zealand, often brings the hottest weather but not necessarily the driest. Thunderstorms…
PHOTOS: Ya know, not all places are having a bad summer!
The weather’s certainly been wild across many parts of New Zealand this summer but sometimes the news media make it…
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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…
