For the first time since July, balmy temperatures fell to "near average" in April. Why?

NZ scientists believe they've picked up the sounds of rarely sighted beaked whales.

New Zealand is in for a warmer winter, as one of the hottest years on record rolls on.

Lots of water improvement work in hand, and requests for lots more

The North Island's east coast is in for some heavy falls today.

Residents evacuated after torrential rain inundated Rotorua yesterday

Drinking water safe from another Tasman Tempest, says Watercare boss

Sir David Attenborough wants NZ and Oz to document all species before it's too late.

Showers due in north and south today, but mainly fine in central New Zealand.

Ten of the worst: the misery inflicted in New Zealand by rain, wind and snow

Warnings of a chilly night quickly changed to reports of 100km/h winds in Auckland.

On the rare occasion they hit New Zealand towns, tornadoes are dramatic events.

Kiwis may not know they just lived through an event freakish even under climate change.

After our La Nina-fired summer, there's a chance spring could bring a meddling El Nino.

Temperatures were more than 2C above average in our summer of extremes.

Swells of up to 4m are expected south of Haast.

850 tonnes of mud and sand flushed away seafloor life in Kaikoura Canyon.

Bottle thrown into the sea in 2010 travelled 19,133km across the world.

Scientists expect to find some "pretty pathetic" examples in post-summer snowline survey.

Scientists set to install listening posts deep in the high-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone.

Undiscovered volcanic features could lie hidden not far from the Bay of Plenty's coast.

Swamp kauri - a lucrative commodity - is also critical for understanding past climates.

A "trifecta" of big drivers combined to make this summer what will be NZ's hottest ever.

Some Tasman residents remain cut off as the country cleans up after ex-cyclone Gita.

"Hurricane force winds" possible when Gita hits New Zealand.

We can't rule out further tropical cyclones in the third month of the year.

What are tropical cyclones and how do we forecast them? Jamie Morton explains.

Rain lashing Auckland prompts dozens of callouts for flooding and felled trees.

January was the hottest month NZ has experienced since 1867, Dr Jim Salinger says.

Damien O'Connor has extended drought classification to Otago and Southland.