Category: weather
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for Upper North Island
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued by MetService for the upper North Island, valid for 10 hours from 12:00pm to 10:00pm today. The affected areas include Northland, Auckland, Great Barrier Island, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, Waitomo, Taumarunui, and Taranaki. The…
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Severe Weather Watch: Heavy Rain, Strong Winds, and Snow Expected in New Zealand
A severe weather watch has been issued for central and northern New Zealand, as well as parts of the South Island, effective Wednesday, July 2, 2025. A large low-pressure system over the Tasman Sea is expected to bring heavy rain…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for central and northern New Zealand, with heavy rain and strong winds expected from Thursday onwards. Heavy snow is also possible for higher elevations of Otago and South Canterbury in the South Island.…
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Media Monitor: RNZ Reports Body Found, Flood Warning, Cyber Attack
Radio New Zealand is reporting that a woman is in custody after a newborn baby's body was found in a wheelie bin in Auckland's Freeman's Bay. RNZ also reported that Civil Defence is warning flood-affected residents in the Nelson-Tasman region…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Heavy Rain Expected in Northern and Central New Zealand
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:53 am on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, indicates that a large low over the Tasman Sea is expected to approach central New Zealand later on Friday, July 4, bringing further rain or…
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Severe Weather Watch: Heavy Rain, Strong Winds, and Snow Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather watch has been issued for central and northern New Zealand, as well as parts of the South Island, effective Thursday. The warning, released by MetService at 9:51am on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, anticipates heavy rain and strong…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for central and northern New Zealand, with heavy rain and strong winds expected from Thursday. Additionally, heavy snow is forecast for parts of the South Island. A large low over the Tasman Sea…
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Severe Weather Watch: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather watch has been issued for central and northern New Zealand, with heavy rain and strong winds expected from Thursday onwards. A large low over the Tasman Sea is the cause. Warnings and Watches are in force, and…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
Central and northern New Zealand are bracing for heavy rain and strong winds, with warnings and watches in effect from Thursday onwards. A large low over the Tasman Sea is the cause, bringing with it a series of fronts. MetService…
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Media Monitor: Retail crime crackdown, murder charge, healthy homes
Media Monitor: 1News is reporting that the New Zealand government is cracking down on retail crime with harsher penalties and instant fines for shoplifting. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said the government hopes to bring the bill to Parliament in the…
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Severe Weather Warnings Issued for Northern and Central New Zealand
A front moving southeast across New Zealand is expected to bring severe weather to several regions, according to MetService. The forecast, issued at 10:01am on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, warns of rain and strong northeasterly winds, prompting Severe Weather Warnings…
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Severe Weather Watch: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather watch has been issued for central and northern New Zealand, with heavy rain and strong winds expected from Thursday onwards. The MetService warns that a large low over the Tasman Sea and its associated fronts are the…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for central and northern New Zealand, effective Thursday, July 3rd, due to a large low-pressure system over the Tasman Sea. The MetService has issued Orange Heavy Rain Warnings for several regions, advising residents…
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Severe Weather Expected to Hit New Zealand
A front moving southeast across New Zealand is expected to bring rain and strong winds, with the Bay of Plenty and inland Gisborne/Tairawhiti facing a high risk of rainfall reaching warning levels on Thursday. MetService issued the severe weather outlook…
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Media Monitor: Sniper Kills Firefighters in Idaho, NZ to Criminalize 'Coward Punches'
1 News is reporting that a sniper ambushed firefighters in northern Idaho, resulting in at least two fatalities. Sheriff Bob Norris believes the deceased were fire personnel, but it is unknown if others were shot. Idaho's governor has described the…
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New Zealand Braces for Heavy Rain and Strong Winds
A low-pressure system developing in the Tasman Sea is expected to bring widespread rain and strong winds to New Zealand this week, particularly affecting the North Island. MetService forecasts that the unsettled weather will begin on Wednesday, intensifying on Thursday,…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A front approaching the North Island is expected to bring rain and strong northeasterly winds to many regions of New Zealand, according to MetService. The severe weather outlook, issued at 8:17am on Monday, June 30, 2025, highlights the potential for…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A front approaching Northland is expected to bring rain and strengthening northeast winds to New Zealand, according to MetService. The weather outlook, issued at 9:00 am on Sunday, June 29, 2025, indicates a minimal risk of severe weather on Tuesday,…
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Media Monitor: New Zealand civil defense warns of floods, missing teen search continues
Radio New Zealand is reporting that Tasman Civil Defence is warning residents to remain cautious after floods. The region remains under a state of emergency. RNZ also reports that a Ministry of Education report said students who participated in the…
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MetService Lifts Weather Warnings for Otago and Southland
MetService has lifted all severe weather warnings and watches for Otago and Southland, issued at 8:04pm on Saturday, June 28, 2025. The Heavy Snow Watch for Central Otago, Southland north of Lumsden, inland Dunedin, and Clutha has been lifted as…
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MetService Lifts Weather Warnings for Otago and Southland
MetService has lifted all severe weather warnings and watches for Otago and Southland, issued at 8:04pm on Saturday, June 28, 2025. The heavy rain warning for Dunedin and Clutha has also been lifted, as the rain has eased. The Meteorological…
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Person Dies After Being Hit by Tree in Wai-iti
One person died in Wai-iti, south-east of Wakefield, after being hit by a tree while clearing flood damage. Emergency services were called to a property on State Highway 6 at approximately 9.40am. According to Acting Nelson Bays Area Commander, Senior…
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MetService Issues Severe Weather Outlook
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 9:47 am on Saturday, June 28, 2025, indicates a minimal risk of severe weather through Tuesday, July 1, 2025. A southwesterly flow will cover New Zealand on Monday, with a weak front…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Snow Expected in Otago and Southland
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService at 9:26 am on Saturday, June 28, 2025, for Otago and Southland, New Zealand, due to an expected low off the South Island's east coast. The warning includes heavy rain for…
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Severe Weather Watch: Heavy Rain and Snow Expected in Otago and Southland
A severe weather watch has been issued for Otago and Southland, with heavy rain expected in the lower South Island and snow in inland areas. The warning, issued at 9:26 am on Saturday, June 28, 2025, indicates that a low…
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Media Monitor: Consumer NZ Reports Ineffective Medicines Still Sold
Consumer NZ is reporting that supermarkets and pharmacies in New Zealand continue to sell cold and flu medicines that have been proven ineffective. Consumer NZ said it asked supermarkets and large pharmacy chains why these products are still being sold.…
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Media Monitor: Pohutukawa Fate, Tornado Watch, and Biodiversity Credits
Radio New Zealand is reporting that a New Plymouth resident is claiming a moral victory after a lines company removed an overgrown pohutukawa tree that had grown through powerlines near their property. Separately, MetService is investigating a possible tornado in…
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Severe Weather Watch: Heavy Rain and Snow Expected in New Zealand
A severe weather watch has been issued by MetService at 8:52pm on Friday, June 27, 2025, for heavy rain in parts of the country and snow in inland Otago and Southland. A low off the South Island east coast is…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Snow Expected in New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for parts of New Zealand, with heavy rain expected in several regions and snow in inland Otago and Southland. The warning, issued at 8:52pm on Friday, June 27, 2025, highlights the impact of…
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Media Monitor: New Zealand Hit by Severe Weather
Radio New Zealand is reporting that heavy rain is causing widespread travel disruption, flooding, and evacuations in parts of the country. It said the top of the South Island is bearing the brunt of the rain, with states of emergency…
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