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Tsunami confirmed after 7.8 quake

4:25pm LATEST: – Tsunami threat remains for New Zealand: Civil Defence says dangerous currents/tidal surges possible. – Pacific Tsunami Warning…

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Thursday’s national highs

Today’s highest temperature was 19 at Napier, Hastings. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 8 at Alexandra. Kaitaia : 18 Whangarei…

Ruapehu “lahar” just a drill

If you are hearing reports of a lahar on Mt Ruapehu do not worry – it is just a drill….

Winter’s not done yet – more heavy snow on the way

Motorists will hopefully be earlier warned for the next snow storm – 900 people were caught off guard by the once…

Tokyo braces for Typhoon. 1400mm of rain falls in Taiwan.

Tropical entities in the western Pacific continue to haunt and taunt east Asian nations. With little steering currents in the…

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Wednesday’s National Highs

Todays highest temperature was 19 at Murchison   Todays lowest maximum temperature was 6 at Waiouru Kaitaia : 17 Whangarei…

BLOG : Having fun with weather forecasting

Children have a huge fascination with the weather. Let’s not talk about me for one second…as my fascination borders on…

Collision with the Moon to unearth water

  Wait, what? There’s water on the moon? Yes – through the millions and billions of years, comets have constantly…

More rough weather on the way?

Barely 12 hours since the last storm moved off the country and another one is waiting in the wings.  WeatherWatch.co.nz…

Napier-Taupo road re-opens

The Napier to Taupo road in the central North Island has reopened, with civil defence state of emergency lifted after…

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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…