Weather

Heavy rain warning in place for Rotorua

An orange heavy rain warning is in place for Rotorua and the Bay of Plenty tomorrow. MetService is forecasting 80 to 140mm of rain in parts of the region,... Read More

Severe thunderstorms forecast for BOP

UPDATE: Severe thunderstorms are now being forecast as a complex trough moves over the country. The MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for... Read More

Live weather updates: More torrential rain to come

More heavy rain and strong winds are being forecast for New Zealand today. The West Coast is set to get the worst of the torrential rain that has been drenching... Read More

More rain & wind as low pressure moves into NZ

More rain and wind is expected to blow through before a low in the Tasman Sea reaches NZ by Friday. WeatherWatch.co.nz says between now and Friday, temperatures... Read More

What to do in the event of an outage

Powerco has crews across its electricity network ready to respond to any outages, with strong winds and heavy rain forecast from mid-morning Thursday and into... Read More

Live weather updates

Westland is likely to be escalated to a red heavy rain warning Wednesday following a night of intense rain, MetService says. Red weather warnings are only... Read More

Rain ahead

The weather across the North Island is looking good for Wednesday, however by Thursday, it will start to turn, as bad weather is forecast to roll in from the... Read More

March was NZ’s coldest in 12 years

If autumn has felt a lot chillier than usual so far, you're not imagining it: last month was New Zealand's coldest March in more than a decade. And a fast-approaching... Read More

ClimateWatch: El Niño finally fading

New Zealand is coming to the end of El Niño but as we go through April there may not be any sudden changes, warns WeatherWatch.co.nz. The weather... Read More

Settled weekend weather, but more rain expected

The current weather system is forecast to clear the country in time for the weekend, but MetService meteorologists are keeping an eye on the next frontal system... Read More

Brief rain amidst a settled start to April

After a cool and settled end to the Easter weekend, MetService is forecasting fair weather for most of the first week of April - the main exception being a band... Read More

Weather for the week ahead

After a sunny Easter weekend, the good weather continues into Monday and Tuesday, with a ridge of high pressure lying over the North Island. A north to northwest... Read More