Weather

Severe gales and heavy rain possible this weekend

New Zealand is in for a spring blast for the first weekend of November and severe weather warnings may be issued. WeatherWatch.co.nz says high pressure will... Read More

Mount Rushmore, scouts and the weather

In today's weather forecast we are expecting a fine day with southwesterlies becoming gusty this afternoon. It's a three-clothing layer day today with a high... Read More

6.2 quake felt throughout the country

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has been felt nationwide. Residents throughout the country are reporting a large-scale earthquake. GeoNet has reported it as being... Read More

Spring weather arrives: rain, snow, gales & sun

New Zealand has a classic spring set up at the moment with surges of warm, windy weather followed by windier, colder weather - and dry, calm, spells in between. Expect... Read More

Martians, Enigma and the weather

Today's weather forecast should feature sunny spells. We are expecting showers, mainly from the afternoon, when some could be heavy. Also brisk westerlies, changing... Read More

Tornados, heavy rain and hail all in one day

Reports are coming in of a funnel cloud being spotted in Tauranga this afternoon. Horton Stewart sent in a video to SunLive show the formation of a funnel cloud... Read More

Tornado spotted near Hamilton

A tornado has been spotted near Hamilton today as warmer than average, unstable, weather moves in. The photo just sent in to WeatherWatch.co.nz by Waikato dairy... Read More

Thunderstorm risk for most of the country

There is a thunderstorm risk over much of the country today, warns the MetService While there are no official warning in place in the Bay of Plenty, the MetService... Read More

Colder surge of weather on the way

A late October surge of colder weather is on the way, peaking on Tuesday nationwide. Warmer than average weather, which has dominated a big portion of NZ this... Read More

Star of India, Peter Jackson and the weather

The weather forecast today is for a mostly cloudy day with showers from mid morning. These showers may be heavy. Also there will be northerlies. There is an expected... Read More

Heavy rain watch for eastern Bay of Plenty

A heavy rain watch has been issued for the eastern Bay of Plenty region. A front over the Bay of Plenty moves east this afternoon and the rain over the area eases.... Read More

What’s On: Dog and Grog and pancakes

Good Morning SunLive readers, and welcome back to another Sunday. Unfortunately, today isn't going to be the sunshine like we did yesterday with rain, a chance... Read More