Weather

Heavy rain and gales for northern and central NZ

A deep low lies west of the North Island, and is expected to move east across the lower North Island today, with west to northwest gales on its northern flank... Read More

Heavy rain and gales expected for North Island

A deep subtropical low has brought stormy weather with heavy rain and severe gales to parts of the North Island, stretching into the top of the South Island,... Read More

Tasman Sea low poised to bring severe weather

A stormy end to the week for parts of the country is being forecast, due to a deep low and its associated front approaching from the Tasman Sea. The front moves... Read More

Heavy rain as storm set to blow through ‘quickly’

Another unwelcome bout of bad weather is set to hit the upper North Island, arriving in the Far North this afternoon. A heavy rain watch is in place for Northland,... Read More

Weather watch: Heavy rain forecast for BOP

Heavy rain, gales and snow for parts of New Zealand. This is the latest forecast from the MetService. The weather organisation has issued a fresh bout of weather... Read More

Fast moving low brings more rain to sodden soils

After a colder and drier weekend, wetter weather returns to many parts of New Zealand with MetService expecting another rain producing weather system to reach... Read More

Flooding on blind corner raising safety concerns

Residents of a road in Pyes Pa are concerned that a flood remaining on a blind corner from last week's deluge is a dangerous risk to motorists. 'Williams Road... Read More

Severe weather outlook later this week

MetService has issued a severe weather outlook for the week ahead. "A front is expected to move slowly north over the South Island on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday... Read More

Sunday‘s forecast: Unsettled weather in the south

WeatherWatch says an area of lower pressure and cold upper air is moving over the South Island today, bringing unstable conditions to many regions. "Meanwhile,... Read More

Mainly settled weather today

New Zealand and Australia have high pressure this weekend, but it's not perfectly settled with a weak southerly from Sunday to Tuesday driving in further showers... Read More

El Niño will mean less rain, more cold snaps

Winter may hold more sou'westers and cold snaps that may come as a shock given the past three have been record warm ones, a meteorologist says. Temperatures... Read More

Cold outbreak to ease by the weekend

Snow, thunderstorms, and cold west to southwest gales have affected parts of the country on Wednesday and Thursday morning, but MetService are forecasting relatively... Read More