Weather

After a wet finish to Easter for most, the weather is improving heading into the short working week, with plenty of settled weather for dawn services around the country. The rain bearing front and associated low pressure system will move away to the...
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A ridge of high-pressure which has been dominating Aotearoa this week is set to give way to a front this Easter weekend. MetService is forecasting a front to reach the South Island tomorrow before moving northwards towards the North Island late...
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Good weather and a happy alignment of public holidays will make for a larger than usual number of visitors to the Coromandel this year says local MP Scott Simpson. Easter is traditionally a big weekend around the region but this year we have Easter...
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Due to the continuing dry conditions Hauraki District Council is still asking people to conserve water use by only using sprinkler systems on alternate days. If your address is an odd number, only water on odd days of the month, if your address is...
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High pressure is the theme for the first week of the school holidays, and the lead up to Easter. This means that weather will be generally settled for most places. Much of the country is already seeing sunshine on Monday, though cloud and the odd...
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MetService forecast high pressure over much of the country this weekend, bringing warm and humid air over the North Island. Parts of the South Island are set to get a welcome dose of rainfall on Friday and Saturday, with a heavy rain warning in...
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“High pressure bloating over the country this week helps to keep conditions calm and clear,” MetService meteorologist Tui McInnes explains, “allowing temperatures to warm up during the day with places in the Canterbury Plains and Central Otago...
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The severe water shortages facing Waihi and Waikino have now eased thanks to many people listening to the calls to conserve water. But due to the continuing dry conditions Hauraki District Council is still asking people to conserve water use by only...
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Brisk southerly air has blanketed the country, bringing down average day time temperatures for many towns around New Zealand today. Towns and cities across New Zealand have seen day time highs tumble. “Today Masterton will see a high of only 16°C...
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Hauraki District Council says river levels in Waihi and Waikino are low and water needs to be saved.  There is now a total watering ban in both towns. The ban includes all use of water outside the house including watering lawns and gardens, washing...
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A ridge of high pressure remains over the North Island with conditions largely fine and dry for Monday and Tuesday While parts of the upper North Island will see some useful showers on Wednesday. “Warm moist air from the tropics will move over the...
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Hauraki District Council says river levels in Waihi and Waikino are low and water needs to be saved.  There is now a total watering ban in both towns. The ban includes all use of water outside the house including watering lawns and gardens, washing...
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Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) is urging people to be extremely careful on beaches along the eastern coast of New Zealand this week, due to a large swell caused by a tropical cyclone out in the north eastern pacific. SLSNZ National Lifesaving...
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MetService are forecasting that a ridge of high pressure clings on to bring fine and settled conditions to most parts of the country as we begin this week.A heavy rain warning has been issued for Fiordland from Monday evening into Tuesday...
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A Tauranga woman has been charged after leaving a baby in a car last week. The baby was left unattended in a vehicle on Gravatt Road, Papamoa Beach on January 31. A 21-year-old woman has been charged with neglect of a child and will be summonsed to...
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A hot weekend in store, many places will hit 30°C on Sunday A ridge of high pressure builds over New Zealand during Friday, meaning largely settled conditions for much of the country, however Metservice is forecasting a trough to linger over the...
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The Waihi Beach RSA opened their doors to holidaymakers who were flooded out at the Waihi Beach Top 10 Holiday Resort at about 3 am this morning. Concerns a nearby creek might overflow prompted the evacuation of campsites in the lower part of the...
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Periods of rain have set in over the upper North Island with considerable rainfall totals already recorded in the gauges overnight. Over 100mm was recorded at multiple gauges in southern Coromandel as a band of heavy rain moved over the region,...
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A heavy rain warning has been issued for the Coromandel Peninsula and TCDC's Civil Defence team is urging motorists to travel with care and expect delays tonight. What the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has called a...
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It has been a great start to the first week of the holidays or last week of school, however, MetService has issued Severe Weather Warnings and Watches for rain and wind over the lower South Island on Tuesday, as a complex low system makes its way...
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