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Tornado hits South Auckland

A tornado has damaged a number of rural properties in Ramarama south of Auckland reports NewstalkZB. It struck at just…

Wet start to the week

Auckland has been wet, Christchurch has been gloomy and drizzly and it hasn’t been the best day to get the…

Continent extreme temps

Each continent around the globe faces the challenge of extreme weather and here is a list of each continent’s most…

A moist Monday

Almost the entire country should see some rain or showers at some stage today, with temperatures in the mid to…

Wall of thunderstorms “the length of NZ” moving our way

UPDATEDA wall of thunderstorms the length of New Zealand is moving towards the country ahead of a large low pressure…

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Sunday’s national highs

Today’s highest temperature was 21 at Whangarei. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 10 at Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Manapouri, Queenstown,…

Photographic week in review – Exclusive photos

We’ve received some amazing photos this week across both islands and across (and even over) the Tasman. Take a look…

Weather on this day…..

  Worldwide 1953, Chetumal, Mexico: The strongest wind gust ever recorded during a hurricane: 281 km/h. 1959 Typhoon Vera hit Honshu on…

Lighter evenings

Clocks went forward one hour earlier this morning and the lighter evenings are now underway. Although mornings will be a…

The week in review

Most of September had been relatively quiet for a large chunk of the country and then Spring suddenly burst into…

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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…