Heavy rain warning for parts of Hawke’s Bay issued, police plead for driver caution
It took less than an hour for the first fatality of the New Year, between Te Aroha and…
New Year’s Day weather: Heavy morning rain for centre of New Zealand; Auckland, Southland set for nice days
“Northerlies will become strong in the morning, gusting 90km/h and then easing in the evening.” The Auckland and…
Gisborne police flood roads and deploy Eagle helicopter for New Year boy racer crackdown
“Anti-social road user behaviour is reckless and wreaks havoc on our communities. We won’t stand for it,” Park…
Power outages, heavy rain and strong gales as wild weather heads south
One NZ said more than 50 of its cell sites are out of action because of power outages.…
Weather: Last week of the year set to be wet, severe warnings in holiday hotspots
“So the rain will be long-lived, reasonably persistent and, in amongst that, there could be some heavy falls,”…
Weather: MetService warns of thunderstorms and heavy rain for the South Island
Some storms could bring localised downpours of 25mm to 40mm an hour and hail larger than 20mm, along…
Boxing Day weather: Shoppers face possible thunderstorms, heavy rain and 90km/h gusts
A heavy rain watch will be in place for the Bay of Plenty to the east of Whakatāne…
New Zealand Christmas weather: Forecasters reveal where rain and heat most likely
Griffin said Auckland would still experience a few showers on Christmas Day but the worst would have eased…
Weather: Heavy rain, strong winds to batter New Zealand before Christmas
🎄☀️Kia ora & Merry Christmas. Don’t get caught out by the weather. We’ve got a quick look at…
Weather: Heavy rain, strong winds, then a sharp cool change for the week ahead
MetService said the front was expected to move on to the North Island from late morning, which will…
Heavy rain, severe gales to lash South Island as weather warnings issued
Meanwhile, the rain is expected to also start from 4am in the far south and move up the…
Weather: Last week at work brings rain ahead of Christmas
MetService meteorologist Silvia Martino said: “Definitely, at this point, it’s looking changeable enough to say: ‘Maybe make a…