MetService says a new rain radar will get around the mountainous terrain and known blackspots in Nelson-Tasman, but its exact location is yet to be decided. The government said work would begin ...

Auckland's ageing rain radar needs to survive another year before it can be replaced with a new model. The radar on Mount Tamahunga was commissioned in 1989 and regular upgrades have kept it running ...

A vast swarm of bugs that covered much of the northern half of the North Island last night and this morning has been caught on the Metservice weather radar. MetService didn't know what it was and ...

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Wairoa this afternoon, with radar detecting active storm cells capable of producing very heavy rain and flash flooding around the town in northern ...

MetService has warned that possible severe thunderstorms and small tornadoes may strike this afternoon in the western parts of Northland and Auckland. It’s a good day to “keep an eye on the rain radar ...

Twelve hours of rain will fall across the top of the country as a deep subtropical low brushes past the North Island overnight, with weather alerts extended , andwarning of 10m-high waves at sea.

More than 13,000 lightning strikes and two-centimetre hailstones have been recorded as torrential downpours sweep the North Island. Most warnings and watches for rain were lifted by late Wednesday ...