Southwest Pacific cyclone outlook: Up to 11 forecast amid El Niño
Elevated cyclone activity is expected across the northern, northeastern and central Southwest Pacific. Elevated tropical cyclone activity is…
All at sea: El Niño may blow in a summer of scarcity for our seabirds
Veronika Meduna Science & environment writer·New Zealand Listener· 10 Oct, 2026 06:04 PM4 mins to read Subscribe…
Super El Niño: Fears for six-figure death toll, droughts around the world
Daily transits through the Panama Canal have been cut because of drought, but other parts of the country…
Auckland El Niño warning: Risk of wildfires, drought and soaring temperatures
“Summer preparation isn’t just about getting the barbecue ready. Think about how you’ll cope if it gets windy…
Northland Regional Council says strengthening El Niño already being felt across Northland
The developing system is comparable to the powerful 1997-98 climate pattern – one of the strongest El Niño…
El Niño drought: Wairarapa farmers warned of dry conditions and feed shortages
The regional council report said this could collapse Wairarapa agriculture, causing economic and social stress, raising wildfire risk,…
August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Niño emerges
UN climate chief Simon Stiell said the “evidence is irrefutable: this is the spiralling price of humanity’s fossil…
Strong El Niño whips up rare trio of hurricanes in the Pacific
The NHC added: “Swells from Lowell are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip-current conditions in portions of…
The risks and what is being done to prepare for a strong El Niño this summer
“When you’ve got wind, that really pushes any fires along but also further enhances, I guess, that dryness…
El Niño: Weather pattern could raise farm input costs but New Zealand agriculture sector seen as resilient
“The discussions are for a strong El Niño, but overall we don’t think it’s going to have massive…
El Niño officially declared in New Zealand
Principal scientist Chris Brandolino said conditions in the Pacific Ocean had now met ESNZ’s threshold, with the ocean…
What we learned after a super El Niño wiped out millions of people in 1877
This disaster took years to unfold. Drought began spreading across the tropics and subtropics in 1875. In the…