Huge 24 hour rainfall but conditions expected to improve
A break of clear weather was expected to arrive in time for the long weekend.
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MetService National Weather: October 18th - 20th
MetService National Weather: October 18th - 20th. Video / Metservice
MetService Auckland Weather: October 19th - 21st
MetService Auckland Weather: October 19th - 21st. Video / Metservice
MetService Wellington Weather: October 19th - 21st
MetService Wellington Weather: October 19th - 21st. Video / Metservice
MetService Christchurch Weather: October 19th - 21st
MetService Christchurch Weather: October 19th - 21st. Video / Metservice
Wild weather: Gusts top 200km/h, lift roofs, down power lines and trees in Canterbury
Gusts have topped 200km/h in Canterbury today.
Election day weather: MetService warns voters of severe gales, heavy rain
MetService's advice is to vote this afternoon if possible.
MetService Severe Weather Warning: October 12th - 14th
MetService Severe Weather Warning: October 12th - 14th. Video / Metservice
MetService National Weather: October 12th - 13th
MetService National Weather: October 12th - 13th. Video / Metservice
MetService Wellington Weather: October 13th - 15th
MetService Wellington Weather: October 13th - 15th. Video / Metservice
MetService Christchurch Weather: October 13th - 15th
MetService Christchurch Weather: October 13th - 15th. Video / Metservice
MetService Auckland Weather: October 13th - 15th
MetService Auckland Weather: October 13th - 15th. Video / Metservice
Election day weather: Severe gales, heavy showers to soak voters this Saturday
"Rain is firstly going to fall on the West Coast, and it will move up the North Island."
Heavy showers, thunderstorms approach as strong winds buffet country
Auckland will see fresh southwesterlies on Tuesday, a partly cloudy day with showers.
'Like snow': Hailstorm stops cars on State Highway 33
A sunny day quickly turned into a driving hailstorm in the Bay of Plenty.
Rain, rain will go away, but come again another day for Hawke’s Bay
Fickle spring weather will see rain ease into fine temperatures before a return.
Mixed bag of weather for the final days of the school holidays
Today and tomorrow will see above-average temperatures, before they drop over the weekend.
Weather: Last days of school holidays warm, sunny before turning to rain
High-pressure system to be pushed away by a low on Friday and Saturday, bringing rain.
Bone-chilling: North Island temperatures plunge to below freezing
It may be spring but it's feeling like winter in these spots.
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Wild weather: Harbour Bridge speed restrictions, Cook Strait ferries cancelled, horror flight to Queenstown
The wild weather's causing travel disruption with cancelled flights and ferries.
Parts of NZ brace for fresh round of severe weather - who's in for a direct hit?
The brief reprieve in weather is short-lived as more nastiness arrives tomorrow.
The delights of Hawke’s Bay’s spring: Snow on the hills, 25C and gale winds forecast
Spring is a changeable beast, and it's proving to be that way again.
A new foul weather system is looming - here's where rain and wind will hit
Brief reprieve in weather before new round of nastiness arrives tomorrow.
'Damaging' wind gusts tipped to blast Auckland, Coromandel this weekend
This is just the start of a wild few weeks according to forecasters.
MetService National Weather: September 28th - October 1st
MetService National Weather: September 28th - October 1st. Video / Metservice
MetService Christchurch Weather: September 28th - October 1st
MetService Christchurch Weather: September 28th - October 1st. Video / Metservice
MetService Wellington Weather: September 28th - October 1st
MetService Wellington Weather: September 28th - October 1st. Video / Metservice
MetService Auckland Weather: September 29th - October 1st
MetService Auckland Weather: September 29th - October 1st. Video / Metservice
Hail, flooding possible in Waikato; 100km/h winds for Auckland this weekend
More wild weather is forecast as a trough of low pressure moves over the country.
Hawke's Bay to endure one more wet day of thorough soaking
The region is drenched under a heavy rain watch and we can expect one more wet day.
Whanganui weather: What to expect this week
The rain was expected to be lighter on Monday and Tuesday.
Hawke’s Bay gets a wet start to the school holidays
Have you got your wet-weather school holiday activities planned?
Weather extremes: Town left with eight hours of drinking water in Southland state of emergency
Roads are flooded and water is threatening homes across the southern region.
Scorcher weather forecast could break a 25-year Napier record
A record that has stood since 1998 could be about to fall, if the heat arrives.