07:30am Tue 17 Jan, 2023
While conditions around New Zealand are relatively settled, MetService is keeping an eye on the Tropics. There is potential for tropical cyclone formation on... Read More
06:45am Mon 16 Jan, 2023
A series of tropical lows are continuing to form north of New Zealand. WeatherWatch says more rain is likely in a couple regions this week as the first low swipes... Read More
01:00pm Sun 15 Jan, 2023
Metservice is forecasting a weakening high covering the North Island on Tuesday, while a weakening front will be moving north over the South Island. During Wednesday,... Read More
03:00pm Sat 14 Jan, 2023
The cleanup from Cyclone Hale is only just beginning - with the weather system causing damage from Northland and Coromandel on to Tairāwhiti, and down the North... Read More
08:30am Sat 14 Jan, 2023
Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. Showers will be clearing, but remaining cloudy until... Read More
07:30am Sat 14 Jan, 2023
The Thames-Coromandel District Council says Cyclone Hale has done millions of dollars worth of damage. Initial assessments show the east coast, particularly between... Read More
06:50am Sat 14 Jan, 2023
The government is announcing $100,000 of funding support for Tairāwhiti farmers and growers impacted by Cyclone Hale. Rural Communities Minister Damien O'Connor... Read More
06:30am Fri 13 Jan, 2023
As Cyclone Hale battered the upper North Island, Anna Gregg and her family were hunkering down in their tent on the Coromandel. Before it hit, they had two choices... Read More
08:00pm Thu 12 Jan, 2023
A Niwa weather forecaster is describing 2022's record rain as 'binge rainfall' - where a lot of rain falls in a short period of time, inundating the... Read More
11:15am Thu 12 Jan, 2023
Ex Cyclone Hale bowled a caravan over in Pauanui on Tuesday. But just as the owner was pondering the situation, the wind changed direction and blew the caravan... Read More
08:35am Thu 12 Jan, 2023
The carcass of a dead sperm whale has been uncovered following stormy seas churned up by Ex Cyclone Hale. The 16m sperm whale beached at Matapaua Bay in the Coromandel... Read More
08:00am Thu 12 Jan, 2023
Tuesday night's destructive high tide at Mercury Bay in the Coromandel has turned retiree Bruce Robert-Troughear's 'dream house” into a nightmare. A beach... Read More