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Queenstown braces for floodwaters

Supplier's plea: Save water now

Northern houses shrink and crack in dry weather

Global warming debate heats up

Scepticism about global warming is widespread amongst TV forecasters.

Downpours 'no drought breaker'

Forecasters and frustrated farmers say short bursts of heavy showers yesterday will do little to break droughts.

Rain coming, but then it's back to the drought

Parts of the drought-stricken north are expected to get their first rain in more than two months, but forecasters warn they are unlikely to be the end of the drought.

Mix of rain and fine weather for Easter

Auckland heading for driest quarter in more than 50 years

A Niwa climate scientist says 56mm of rain has fallen so far this year, the lowest of any three-month period in Auckland.

Heavy rain on its way for eastern north island

Auckland swelters in record dry spell

Auckland is coming through a record dry patch - only 5mm of rain fell in February, the least since records began in 1959.

Heavy rain warning issued

Sweating days and sleepless nights

North Islanders stifled by the heat should sleep easier from tomorrow - tonight should be the last in a run of extremely stuffy nights.

Cyclone prolongs hot, humid nights

Muggy nights of up to 100 per cent humidity have swamped the north of NZ since the weekend and look set to continue for a couple more days.

Hottest days of summer set to hit NZ

An anticyclone moving slowly over NZ is likely to bring the hottest days of summer yet, MetService spokesman Bob McDavitt says.

Weekend's heavy rain petering out

Rain easing, roads reopening

Rain eased in Gisborne overnight and surrounding roads reopened after flooding and slips caused evacuations.