At 2:36pm MetService escalated the Severe Weather Warnings in Manawatu, Rangitikei and Ruapehu Districts north of Feilding and east of State Highway One to a Red Warning for Heavy Rain, in ...

A sharp southerly is set to make Friday feel chilly across NZ. South Island turns cold w/showers & a few thunderstorms, especially in the upper south. North Island cools as the change pushes up the ...

MetServices’ Head of Weather News Heather Keats said its severe weather warning system uses three distinct colours - yellow, orange, and red. Each colour tells you the different level of severity and ...

Yellow and orange warnings are extending up the East Coast from Christchurch to Gisborne, from last night and continuing today. There's a red heavy rain warning for Manawatu, Rangitikei and Ruapehu ...

A pedestrian tunnel in Lower Hutt has partially flooded this morning as heavy rain and wind gusts batter the Wellington region. Residents have woken to numerous downed trees, closed roads, and ...

Niwa Weather described the incoming cold bump as bringing “some of the coldest air of the year so far to the South Island”. MetService forecaster Michael Pauley told the Herald a front is set to ...

A Red Warning for Heavy Rain has been issued for parts of Manawatū, Rangitīkei and the Ruapehu District, as a deep ...

You may need to keep your raincoats handy as the warm weather may take a turn this weekend.

A “sharp cold front” from the south is set to send temperatures plunging across much of New Zealand as it ushers in a crisp autumn feel. MetService forecaster David Miller told the Herald the change ...