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Preparing for Polar blast
Wild weather: Tornado reported in Waikato
A tornado reportedly touched down in Waikato for about 10 minutes this afternoon, with a local farmer…
-38deg at origin of polar blast
If you think it's going to be cold where you are this week - just remember it could be worse.
First snow falls in Southland
Flights have been cancelled due to wild weather as the first snow of a polar blast set to hit the entire country fell in…
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Weather Special: Snow storms forecast
WeatherWatch.co.nz head weather analyst Philip Duncan talks about this particular winter storm – who is most exposed, how…
Live updates: Wild weather
Hold on to your brolly and put on your woollies - if you hadn't already heard, there's a polar blast heading our way.
Fierce weather on the way
A storm set to blast much of the country over the next three days with wind, waves, hail and snow was born from an unusual…
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Warning issued ahead of big freeze
Civil Defence and emergency services have urged New Zealanders to prepare for the worst as a ferocious…
Worst flooding in close to 40 years
Floodwaters have "scoured" rural roads across Otago, as the region struggles to cope with the aftermath of the worst flooding…
Polar blast to bring heavy snow
There will be a brief reprieve today for towns cleaning up from yesterday's floods as they prepare for the threat of "blizzard…
Foul weather heads north
Snow could reach as far north as Coromandel and the Kaimai Ranges later this week as a huge winter storm looks set to batter…
No escape from winter blast - forecaster
Nowhere in NZ will escape a huge winter storm that is expected to bring bitterly cold weather to many…
Evacuation, warnings after second landslip
Another slip caused a home to be evacuated early this morning in the Tasman district, just 12 hours after a woman was killed…
Flooding, power cuts stretch services
Residents were evacuated from their Titirangi Beach home after a landslide took a tree through the roof during a busy afternoon…
Victim of deadly slip named
Police have released the name of the woman who died when a landslide engulfed her home near Kaiteriteri yesterday afternoon…
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Nelson landslip kills one
A severe weather warning has been issued for the Bay of Plenty, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago and Westland regions…
One dead in house collapse
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Rescue crews believe they heard cries for help from a woman trapped in her home after it was destroyed…
National
DHB slammed for letting mental health patient decline procedure
A decision to allow a mental health patient to decline a potentially life-saving procedure has been slammed by a coroner. Wellington…
Environment
School rolls drop in Psa-afflicted area
A number of Te Puke school rolls have dropped as orchard workers struggle to find work in the Psa-afflicted area. Fairhaven…
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