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The festival is changing its dates from the traditional Wellington Anniversary Weekend to the week after, the 29th to 31st January because of Ken Rings long term weather predictions. Ken Ring, the well known alternative weather forecaster, has uncannily ... More >>
Police advise motorists to exercise caution when travelling through the South Wairarapa area and going over the Rimutaka Hill due to high winds. Particular caution is to be taken by motorcyclists and drivers of high sided vehicles. The MetService advise ... More >>
Temperature: The coldest October in 64 years, with all-time record low October temperatures in many areas. Exceptionally late snowfalls. Record low October temperatures were recorded on the 4th/5th in most North Island locations, and on the 9th at many South ... More >>
Radio Adelaide: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey discuss how NZ's PM John Key is not planning on heading to Copenhagen for the December climate change conference & appears to be dithering on climate change solutions. Also, MMP is under pressure! More >>
Kiwis young and old dream a lot, and quite differently too, according to a survey done to find out what was on the nation’s wish list. More >>
An El Niño is now at moderate strength across the equatorial Pacific, and is likely to persist through summer. It is not expected to have a strong influence on New Zealand climate in the coming 3 months, according to the latest outlook from NIWA’s National ... More >>
Civil Defence Minister John Carter has released the reports of the internal and external reviews into the Ministry of Civil Defence’s response to the 30 September 2009 tsunami alert. “Overall, the reviews show the response to the tsunami threat was ... More >>
Transport Minister Steven Joyce has signed a new rule setting safety standards for winter tyres. “The mixing of winter or snow tyres with other tyre types has contributed to several fatal crashes. More >>
Fifteen top scoop outlets have been named 2009’s ice cream ‘high-rollers’ (see list below) and they join hundreds of neighbourhood dairies, ice cream parlours and food stores around the country who are getting ready to roll for $1 SCOOP this weekend. ... More >>
Green Party Co-Leader Metiria Turei today displayed a banner during Parliament's question time for the 350 parts per million movement - 350.org - which seeks to get nations to commit to a target of 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. More >>
The Central District Highway patrol are urging all motorists travelling through the district Central Police District to please drive with care over the Labour weekend holiday period. Highway Patrol staff will be out in force over this period covering ... More >>
Police confirm the party of overdue trampers have left Rimutaka Forest Park safely. A Police patrol met them at around 3.30 pm. There were no injuries or medical issues within the party. More >>
Police say a family member of one of the overdue trampers has communicated that the party are safe and well. More >>
Reports of surface flooding Northbound SH 1, Ngauranga Gorge. Contractors are currently onsite dealing with a loose manhole cover. Drivers are advised to take care. More >>
Environment Waikato’s flood management staff remain on alert due to a heavy rain warning for parts of the Waikato. More >>
Environment Waikato’s flood management staff are on alert following a heavy rain warning for parts of the Waikato over 30 hours from 2pm Wednesday. The Met Service has warned up to 120 millimetres of rain could fall in an area from Raglan to Lake ... More >>
Recent rainfall has eased drought conditions in many parts of the country but farmers should continue to keep a close eye on the weather, says Agriculture Minister David Carter. The return to more normal spring conditions means the Government can lift ... More >>
Art Exhibition and Auction Opening 6.00pm Tuesday 13 October with Tame Iti. Art Auction 7.00pm, Saturday 17 October, Thistle Hall, Wellington - or *bid online* at www.october15thsolidarity.info/artauction. We encourage you to check out the awesome art works. The 'Operation 8' raids on houses ... More >>
Season extended into November making it the Southern Hemisphere’s longest season Mt Ruapehu has announced it is further extending its season beyond Labour Day into Snovember (8 November), officially making 2009 the longest season in the Southern ... More >>
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists travelling in the central North Island to be prepared for the likelihood of more snow this weekend. SH5 and the Desert Road were closed earlier this week due to a freak snowstorm, and more snow has been forecast ... More >>
A team of New Zealand scientists and engineers will travel to Samoa this weekend to gather information on the impact of the September 30 tsunami on coastal communities and infrastructure. The team comprises four specialists from GNS Science and four ... More >>
Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Tariana Turia has praised the sterling efforts of community volunteers which have been demonstrated to the fore during the recent hazardous weather conditions. “Behind the scenes of the massive effort coordinated ... More >>
The New Zealand Transport Agency, Police and Hastings and Taupo Civil Defence may decide to open State Highway Five, between Napier and Taupo, from 6.30pm. Currently there are just a few vehicles blocking the road at Waipunga and tow-trucks are currently ... More >>
The operation to get State Highway Five open continues this morning and Civil Defence is checking farming communities are safe. Road Conditions: State Highway Five remains closed due to heavy snow and abandoned cars still on the road. It is hoped the remaining ... More >>
• Sunshine: It was a very sunny start to spring for most of New Zealand. • Temperature: Close to normal in many regions for the month as a whole. Two extreme temperature events during September: record cold on the 5th and 6th, record warm on the 14th. More >>
Bangkok, 5 October, 2009— UN Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark said today that in reaction to the widespread disasters that struck Asia and the Pacific last week, the United Nations is responding with rapid support teams in Bhutan, Cambodia, ... More >>
Hawke's Bay Civil Defence staff have now matched all evacuees, who were forced to abandon their cars in heavy snow on State Highway Five last night, with reports received from the public of unaccounted for relatives. More >>
Federated Farmers is hearing reports from many farmers who have been badly affected by the snow storm hammering the central North Island. More >>
Winter conditions on the Crown Range above Arrowtown greeted competitors in the Trustpower Adventure Quest on Sunday after the event was postponed on Saturday due to heavy snowfalls. More >>
Police have asked drivers of abandoned cars to be patient after a number of drivers have attempted to get to their cars using their own four-wheel-drives. More >>
Stranded motorists on SH1 and the Napier-Taupo road were rescued by NZ Army personnel last night and early this morning during the big cold snap which is hitting the Central North Island. Warmth, food and a place to stay were provided for 56 people in Waiouru ... More >>
The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists that State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupo is closed due to heavy snow. Contractors are working to clear the road but the highway will remain closed overnight. The NZTA hopes to reopen the road by tomorrow ... More >>
The Army has advised that all passengers trapped in vehicles along snowed in State Highway Five in high country between Napier and Taupo have been evacuated from their cars. More >>
New Zealand is contributing an initial $1 million to support emergency relief work following an earthquake in Indonesia, and a typhoon that has struck a number of Southeast Asian countries, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today. More >>
It is important those drivers who have been evacuated to Hawke’s Bay, after weather closed State Highway 5 late yesterday, report to Hukarere Girls College in Eskdale at 10am, Monday 5 October. Thirty-eight people who have remained with their vehicles ... More >>
State Highway Five, between Napier and Taupo, has been closed by heavy snow but it’s believed up to 200 vehicles are trapped. More >>
It is a sad fact of nature that some lambs will succumb to the spring cold snap currently hitting the country, the NZVA says. Rain, snow and cold winds have caused lamb losses at the summit of the Napier–Taupo Highway. More >>
The first bus load of drivers evacuated from snowed-in State Highway Five last night have left Hukarere Girls College to collect the cars they abandoned in heavy snow last night. One bus of 50 drivers has left and another two buses are preparing to ... More >>
SUVA, 1 October 2009 - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Pacific office based in Suva, Fiji has mobilised its emergency response team following the Pacific tsunami and will provide immediate humanitarian assistance to Samoa and Tonga. UNICEF ... More >>
MPs shocked by devastation in Samoa Labour MPs Luamanuvao Winnie Laban and Chris Carter say they are shocked and distressed by the devastation in Samoa in the aftermath of yesterday’s earthquake and tsunami. More >>
A weak El Niño in the equatorial Pacific Ocean is not expected to unduly affect New Zealand rainfall in the coming 3 months, according to the latest outlook from NIWA’s National Climate Centre. More >>
Take a look behind the scenes at Waitakere City’s Civil Defence headquarters on October 10 as part of Disaster Awareness Week. The building will be open from 10.00am to 2.00pm with activities including live displays by civil defence and emergency ... More >>
There have been reports of snow in the Manawatu Gorge, Pahiatua Track,and Norsewood areas, as well as high winds on State Highway 1 between Sanson and Foxton and in the Ashurst area. State Highway 1, north of Bulls is also being affected by flooding. ... More >>
Research published today in Nature has identified a new type of El Niño climate anomaly that is occurring with more and more frequency as a consequence of human-induced global warming. In the classic El Niño pattern, weak trade winds lead to unusually ... More >>
The Prime Minister of New Zealand made a special appearance in Auckland today, sleeping in the shadow of the Town Hall clock tower. As the crowd urged him to wake up and stop sleepwalking us further into a climate crisis, John got out of bed and sang ... More >>
With summer not far away, SunSmart and the Cancer Society are urging New Zealanders to avoid sunburn by remembering the SunSmart golden rules – slip, slop, slap and wrap. More >>
On 29 August 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans causing 80% of the city to flood. The Port of New Orleans opened within two weeks of the catastrophe, even though the city itself remained closed to its residents at that time. Port of New Orleans CEO, ... More >>
The United Nations is helping Kenya prepare to mitigate the impact of potentially lethal torrential rains anticipated for the last three months of the year due to the El Niño weather pattern. More >>
• Temperature: Near average in many regions; after a cold start to winter, a record warm August. • Rainfall: Well above normal in Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, and Westland. Below normal in the east of the South Island and parts of Wellington, Kapiti Coast ... More >>
“It is a national scandal that NIWA are squandering $12.7 million of taxpayers’ hard earned money on yet another supercomputer.” This comment today from Bryan Leyland, chair of the economics panel of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. More >>
“We need a full public inquiry into banking operations,” say Bad Banks campaigners The operations of the Big Four Aussie-owned banks are harmful to the lives of ordinary Kiwis,” says Vaughan Gunson, publicity coordinator for Bad Banks, a recently initiated ... More >>
• Temperature: The warmest August on record, with record temperatures at many locations. • Rainfall: Well above normal rainfall in Westland, and in parts of Fiordland and Waikato; very dry in eastern parts of both islands. • Sunshine: Sunshine totals ... More >>
The National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a multi-million dollar partnership where NIWA will purchase one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers for use in environmental forecasting. ... More >>
Wanaka, New Zealand – August 28th, 2009 – The Treble Cone Race Academy has been training diligently throughout the season and it has paid off in the world class events around New Zealand this winter. With successful finishes at the Japanese FIS ... More >>
A windy spring ahead with drier than normal conditions in many regions El Niño conditions now present in the equatorial Pacific are expected to result in more frequent south-westerly winds over New Zealand in the coming spring season, according to the latest outlook ... More >>
Winter is back at Treble Cone. With 50 cm falling over the past 24 – 36 hours, the base depths continue to grow even as spring approaches. The latest storm’s snowfall helped bring the Saddle Basin’s total base depths up to 2 meters and there ... More >>
With summer on the way, now is the time to check home swimming pool safety says the North Shore City Council. Council environmental protection team leader Warwick Robertson says that nationwide, about five young children drown in family swimming pools and ... More >>
New York, Aug 26 2009 6:10PM With the onset of climate change, relying on history is no longer an accurate way of predicting weather patterns, the head of the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said today. More >>
This is supposed to be a Presidential holiday and, so far, there has been some downtime. President Obama, his wife, daughter, and dog , spend a week on a huge, private farm on the New England island of Martha’s Vineyard. The farm is renting for $25,000 ... More >>
Triathlon New Zealand today announced a new partnership with sunscreen supplier Hawaiian Tropic SPORT. In announcing the new relationship, Tri NZ Commercial Director Carl Jackson said it was a perfect fit for both parties. “Our sport is primarily a summer ... More >>
Heavy snow falls this winter has meant very dangerous back country conditions for skiers and snow boarders that have resulted in three deaths, but importers of an Avalanche Airbag System say the best survival technique in an avalanche is not to ... More >>
Federated Farmers is challenging the Government and Dr. Don Brash’s productivity taskforce to back water storage. With the economic effect of the 2007/08 El Nino influenced drought being revised from $1.2 billion to $2.8 billion, the economic ... More >>
Agriculture Minister David Carter has revealed that the nationwide drought between spring 2007 and autumn 2008 cost the New Zealand economy $2.8 billion. A Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry report outlining the effects of the 2007-2008 drought ... More >>
Heavy snowfall and limited visibility delayed the start of the second day of the seventh annual Burton New Zealand Open, but the riders and course crew overcame the challenging conditions with a full day of competition. It was no small task as over ... More >>
State College, Pa. -- 11 August 2009 -- AccuWeather.com reports this summer's unusually cooler and rainy conditions in the Northeast leads to the potential for excess hurricane damage, according to AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Joe Bastardi. More >>
Environment Canterbury’s Waimakariri Flood Protection Project to improve flood protection for residents of Waimakariri, Selwyn, and Christchurch has the green light to proceed. More >>
LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 10, 2009) – Many of the top international names in elite freeskiing are now confirmed for the inaugural 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games which take place on 21-30 August 2009. These include possibly the world’s ... More >>
The Natural Hazards Research Platform, launched today by Minister of Research, Science and Technology Wayne Mapp, breaks new ground in how science research is funded. More >>
The Electricity Commission's latest assessment of the outlook for New Zealand's electricity supplies indicates risk of shortages over the next 3 months is very low. More >>
Wanaka, New Zealand - JULY 14th, 2009 – Avalanche Danger remains high around Wanaka and Queenstown due to high winds and heavy snow fall. Treble Cone has been very vigilant with their avalanche control in all of their in-bounds terrain and has kept the backcountry ... More >>
OPERATION SNOWMAN - Highway Patrol Operation 1st / 2nd August 2009. Over the weekend of 1 / 2 August 2009, Mid/South Canterbury Highway Patrol conducted Operation Snowman in the Rakaia Gorge / Mount Hutt area. The focus of the Operation was 'Driver Behaviour'. ... More >>
For the second time in 2 weeks, rescue services have been called out to attend large avalanche events triggered by casual backcountry users. The Mountain Safety Council advises skiers, snowboarders, climbers and trampers to avoid backcountry travel in ... More >>
Temperature: Below average temperatures over much of the country, except for near average temperatures in the southwest of the South Island, and the north of the North Island. Sunshine: Well above average sunshine totals across the northern South Island; ... More >>
The climate over the next three month period is expected to be typical of early spring right across New Zealand, according to the latest outlook from NIWA’s National Climate Centre. More >>
Mid-winter madness has hit the Mackenzie region with a host of crazy events on and off the snow. Kicking it all off is the infamous Ohau Hooley and Irish Winter Olympics tomorrow (Saturday 25 July). There are all sorts of shenanigans up on the ski field ... More >>
At around 1pm today police were advised that two people in a guided tour group had been buried in an avalanche in the Ragged Range near Methven. Emergency personnel were rushed to the scene, including Rescue Services from Mt Hutt ski field. More >>
After a long period of fine weather and relatively stable snowpack conditions, the weather has turned to a westerly pattern. This has transported significant amounts of snow in the Southern Alps forming slab avalanche conditions. Yesterday in Otago ... More >>
NZ On Screen has today added a snow-themed collection of titles to the website to mark the winter ski season and all things to do with snow. Snow collects together 13 titles celebrating the scenic, recreational and spiritual call of New Zealand’s ... More >>
New York, Jul 20 2009 3:10PM Somali militants raided two United Nations compounds today, stealing equipment and vehicles and forcing the world body to close down one of its operations in the violence-wracked country. More >>
Image: 13th July, Mt Sefton In A Blanket Of Snow A view up lake Ohau by Norman Mackay . More >>
Local electricity generation and lines network company, Top Energy is advising Far North power consumers that its network is currently experiencing a number of power outages across the region. Heavy rain, flooding and wind speeds in excess of 140kmph ... More >>
Police have just received information from the Search and Rescue Base in the Far North, that the father and two missing children have been located safe and well. We are awaiting further information from the search party and will provide this as ... More >>
Local electricity generation and lines network company, Top Energy is advising Far North power consumers that its network is currently experiencing a number of power outages across the region. More >>
Parts of Northland have been lashed by almost a month’s rain in just 36 hours, but forecasters say the worst of it - and the gale force winds affecting the region - appear to have passed. More >>
The Auckland Region Emergency Management Office reminds Aucklanders to stay up-to-date with weather forecasts over the next 48 hours. MetService expects the Auckland region to be hit by severe weather between midday Saturday and midday Sunday. More >>
The harbourmaster is advising all boat owners to check their moorings as bad weather is forecast to hit the Auckland region tomorrow. More >>
Northlanders – especially those north of Whangarei – are being warned to keep a wary eye on river and stream levels with up to 150mm of rain, flooding and strong potentially damaging winds forecast for the weekend. More >>
The last irrigation bans on two Hawke’s Bay streams were lifted on Monday 6 July, after a dry summer and autumn. More >>
• Temperature: Well below average over much of the country. • Rainfall: Above normal rainfall in the north and east of the North Island, near normal rainfall for the Wairarapa, Nelson and Marlborough. Below normal rainfall elsewhere, with record ... More >>
The World Meteorological Organisation today published a media kit for its upcoming World Climate Change 3 conference in Geneva, Switzerland. More >>
Rainfall is expected to be normal or above normal over the north and east of the North Island, and in Canterbury, over the next three month period, according to the latest outlook from NIWA’s National Climate Centre. More >>
MetService has today announced a new warning service, commencing 1 July, that will warn people of localised severe weather caused by thunderstorms up to two hours in advance. More >>
Location of incident: Lower half of South Island Incident type: ice on roads Motorists are warned of severe ice on roads in the lower half of the South Island. Invercargill Police warn motorists travelling between Invercargill and Winton to take extreme ... More >>
Location of incident: SH56/SH57 Shannon Incident type: High Winds Police report high winds around SH56 and SH57. High sided vehicle and motor cyclists should avoid this area at this time. Motorists are advised to drive to the conditions and watch ... More >>
Tram Valley Rd (Swanson) has flooded, leaving around 25 homes isolated. Waitakere City Council suspects a culvert has either blocked or collapsed, leading to flooding 800mm deep in places. Contractors are on site with high speed pumps and diggers to ... More >>
The Government will contribute $5 million to reduce flood risk in the Whakatane District. Civil Defence Minister John Carter said that Cabinet has agreed to provide $3.367 million to the regional council, Environment Bay of Plenty, and $1.644 million to ... More >>
It’s ‘all systems snow’ in New Zealand’s Mt Cook Mackenzie region which is rolling out the white carpet for the start of the ski season. More >>
The weather-window is finally right for the Department of Conservation to begin the first stage of the ambitious plan to remove the remaining pests from Rangitoto and Motutapu islands over the coming months. More >>
Following this week’s cold snap, winter has well and truly arrived, bringing with it icy road conditions, driving restrictions and road closures. More >>
A weather graphics system created by the international commercial subsidiary of New Zealand's MetService has been broadcast throughout China by Phoenix Satellite Television. This system enables the production of dynamic, fully customised weather graphics ... More >>
State Highway 2’s Rimutaka Hill Road is now open after being closed this afternoon due to snow, but for how long remains unclear. NZ Transport Agency Highways Manager for Wellington Rob Whight, says the road was opened again after 4pm but a further ... More >>
The NZ Transport Agency would like to advise anyone travelling on SH2 to the Wairarapa or Wellington that the Rimutaka Hill Road has been closed by snow. NZTA Regional Highways Manager Rob Whight says the road was closed at about 1pm as a result of ... More >>
An RNZAF Orion aircraft with 16 people on board was hit by lightning while taking part in an exercise in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada. The strike occurred on Tuesday morning, New Zealand time (Monday afternoon local) while the aircraft was providing ... More >>
Subtropical cyclones (STCs) cause extensive damage in New Zealand on average three times a year, yet research into these weather phenomena has been largely absent. More >>
New Zealand is about to become the star of Australia’s morning television Today show which will be broadcasting live from New Zealand for a week. The landmark Australian breakfast TV airs daily between 5.30am and 9am and is watched by 800,000 Australians. ... More >>
Radio Adelaide's Clare Hesketh & Selwyn Manning discuss how one of NZ's most famous accused David Bain has been acquitted of all murder charges after 13 years of imprisonment. Also Labour is well ahead in the Mt Albert by-election; Republicanism & the snowfields... More >>
Record snow levels at Queenstown ski areas and strong bookings from the Australian and domestic ski markets combined with the some of the cheapest ever air access to Queenstown has the local tourism industry cautiously optimistic about the short and ... More >>
The Ministry of Transport is urging people to take care on the roads this weekend and over the winter months. More >>
• Temperature: Below average for most of the country, except for Southland and Fiordland where autumn temperatures were near average. • Sunshine: Above normal for most of New Zealand; below normal in parts of Otago. • Rainfall: Above normal ... More >>
Heavy snow falls throughout May and early June combined with consistent cold temperatures mean the Southern skifields are in superb shape for the start of the 2009 winter season. More >>
• Temperature: Well below average over most of the country; many areas experiencing lowest recorded May temperatures. • Rainfall: Well above normal rainfall in Northland, Wairarapa, Canterbury, Otago and Southland. Above normal everywhere else with the ... More >>
The top United Nations humanitarian official today expressed his sadness in hearing of the loss of life and property damage caused by a cyclone in Bangladesh and India. More >>
New Zealand Mountain Safety Council Press Release 26 May 2009 Snow Could Have Been Fatal For Teenage Trampers: Always Check The Weather Two teenage boys ill-equipped to be tramping in snow and extreme cold could have died this weekend, says Chris ... More >>
Work will begin tomorrow installing temporary vehicle access to Whitewash Head Road. This work is expected to take 21 days to complete. More >>
Sumner residents evacuated from their home on Saturday night following a slip will return home this evening. More >>
Once again, the Clarence River is in flood at Grafton, NSW, but if the Clarence River Scheme—which has been on the books since at least the early 1920s—had been built, that water would now be on its way down the Darling River, to save the parched towns, ... More >>
TVNZ unveils a new weather forecast presentation and a series of new regional weather maps on ONE News tomorrow night. “The new forecast has been designed in conjunction with the Met Service to provide a deeper understanding of weather patterns that influence ... More >>
Milford Sound, one of our most popular domestic and international tourism destinations, is to be included on TVNZ’s weather map as part of a new-look forecast that will go to air for the first time on ONE News next Tuesday night. More >>
Recent significant weather cycles have deposited large amounts of snow in the South Island and Taranaki. This snowfall is a-typical for this time of year. Last Sunday subsequent to a wet and vigorous Nor-West cycle melting much of this snowpack flood ... More >>
South Island farmers are being urged to prepare for widespread snow to low levels and strong winds over the next few days, especially in Canterbury. This follows a warning issued yesterday by Canterbury Civil Defence. More >>
The Canterbury Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is advising residents in the region to prepare for winter storms following the prediction of snow at low levels and strong gales in the next few days. “With the current forecast for snow, strong ... More >>
Location of incident: SH 2 Wairarapa Incident type: High Winds Police have received reports of high winds between Eketahuna and Masterton on SH 2. Motorists are advised to use caution if driving in this area. More >>
Bayfair Shopping Centre has reopened following its temporary closure yesterday after extreme weather caused flooding in part of the Centre. More >>
The Bay of Plenty area of Tauranga, Whakatane and Opotiki is experiencing thunder storms and hail. Police are advising the public not to travel on the roads in these areas as more thunder storms, hail and heavy rain is predicted. Persons travelling ... More >>
Location of incident: Mount Maunganui Incident type: Severe weather Mt Maunganui Police report they are evacuating Bayfair Shopping Centre due to flooding. The flooding is as a result of severe weather in the area, which is also manifesting in white ... More >>
The NZ Transport Agency is this afternoon advising road users that there are delays on State Highway 2 (SH2) as a result of the poor weather. Regional Highways Manager Rob Whight says that traffic is being slowed heading north on SH2 following work ... More >>
Ravensdown has pledged not to leave the North Island’s drought-stricken farmers high and dry this winter. More >>
NIWA's National Climate Centre has just released its monthly climate summary for April 2009. More >>
Following the rain in the last few days, Hawke's Bay Regional Council has been able to lift all bans on the Waipawa River for water takes for irrigation. More >>
Wellington, 1 May 2009. – Kiwis played a key role in supporting UNICEF’s aid efforts after Cyclone Nargis ravaged Myanmar a year ago, but UNICEF is still working on the ground to get people’s lives back on track. More >>
SEASONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK: May – July 2009 The La Niña in the tropical Pacific has faded out, and conditions in New Zealand over the coming 3 months are looking close to normal in many places. More >>
Ground moisture levels are dire, grass growth is minimal but most of all Hawke’s Bay farmers are suffering the financial pressure of three droughts in a row. More >>
Federated Farmers has welcomed the Government’s rapid response today, to declare the Gisborne/Wairoa region to be in a small scale adverse event. The Federation is also reactivating its 0800 drought line (0800 376 844). More >>
“Greenpeace has yet again ignored scientific reality in the recent misleading claims by its political advisor Geoff Keey about the threatened collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula,” says Terry Dunleavy of the New Zealand Climate ... More >>
The Otago Polytechnic Students' Association is reminding student tenants and landlords to take steps to avoid house fires in the coming winter. More >>
Rainfall: Record low rainfall in parts of Wairarapa, Marlborough, north Canterbury, north and central Otago. Very dry in other areas except the western Bay of Plenty and eastern Otago. • Sunshine: Record March sunshine in Northland, Auckland, King ... More >>
La Niña is on the wane, and the end of autumn and start of winter looks likely to be mild. The NIWA National Climate Centre says that, on average over the next three months, above average temperatures are likely in several regions of the country . ... More >>
Mt Ruapehu is getting set for the upcoming season with early sprinklings of snow and the cheapest Season Passes in three years about to go on sale. More >>
New York, Mar 23 2009 1:10PM With an estimated two million people dying prematurely due to air pollution each year, the United Nations weather-monitoring agency is focusing on the movement of pollutants around the globe as it marks World Meteorological Day ... More >>
March 20 - For once, fleeting skerricks of good news from the world financial markets. For a few crazy hours, a couple of days really, things seemed to look a bit better. More >>
Over a hundred people wait at the old Waitati station site for the commuter train to Dunedin. After stopping at Purakaunui, Mihiwaka, Sawyers May and Maia, Dunedin's first commuter train in decades arrived at Dunedin with about 300 passengers. More >>
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