Weather
Checkpoint Cafe Chat: Big Mama's, Taumarunui talks heat wave
People having lunch at Big Mama's cafe in Taumarunui - one of the hottest places in the country today - pass the phone around to talk to John Campbell about how they're coping with the heat. Audio
Checkpoint weather: Friday January 26
MetService meteorologist John Law with the latest weather forecast. Video, Audio
Prisoners fainting as cells roast in heatwave - reports
The Howard League for Penal Reform says its has reports of prisoners passing out in horrific conditions in unventilated container cells at Rimutaka prison. Audio
Chief Coroner issues hot weather warning after woman dies
A woman with multiple sclerosis died from hyperthermia on Wednesday when temperatures reached 32 degrees in Christchurch, and even hotter, up to 37 degrees, in the North Canterbury town of Waiau. Audio
Mozzies ran rampant
With the heat comes mosquitoes. Wellingtonians are complaining of particularly bad bites. New research says if you swat mozzies away they stay away but that's not quite an effective method of staying… Audio
It's hot and it's going to get hotter
It's hot and it's going to get hotter. Today Taumarunui is expected to take the top temp, we talk to the owner of a local Canoe and Jet boat company, Ron Hawkless, about how they're dealing with the… Audio
Sleepless nights as mercury rises
New Zealanders are getting hot and steamy under the sheets, but not in the amorous sense.
Summer scorch: Canterbury town hits 33 degrees
MetService says Culverden in North Canterbury hit 33 degrees. Masterton reached 31 degrees and NIWA climate data shows the average maximum temperature in Masterton in January is 24 degrees. Audio
Wanaka locals embracing warmer weather
Wanaka residents aren't fretting about the upcoming heat wave, instead they're throwing themselves into the town's lake and enjoying its natural beauty. Audio
Checkpoint weather: Thursday January 25
MetService meteorologist John Law with the latest weather forecast. Video, Audio
Feeling Hot Hot Hot: NZ on track for warmest month ever
The heatwave New Zealand is experiencing has the country on track for the hottest month since records began.
Drought-hit South Island farmers hope for rain
Some dairy farmers in drought-hit districts on the South Island's West Coast are having to cut down on milking and de-stock.
Drought-hit farmers preparing for worst
Farmers in the drought-hit Buller and Grey districts on the South Island's West Coast are preparing for things to get worse before they get better. February is usually the region's driest month - but… Audio
NZ's record-breaking summer continues
New Zealand's record-breaking summer is rolling on, eliciting a whole range of reactions from balmy bliss to sweltering groans.
Wanaka set to sizzle as heatwave blankets much of south
Hot air from Australia has moved across the Tasman, crossed the Southern Alps, and blanketed Canterbury and Otago in high temperatures. RNZ reporter Tim Brown is up the 45th parallel track near… Audio
Heatwave to blanket NZ in extremely high temperatures
A swathe of the country is expected to blister in temperatures above 30degC on Thursday. And it is forecast to get still hotter in some places, with Wanaka braced for an official heatwave. New… Audio
Summer scorcher: Weekend is the 'real heat, the apex'
Sweltering temperatures will build this week and look likely to break weather records by the end of January. Video
Weather: Hot NZ temperatures to rise further
The hot weather around the country is expected to get even hotter still. Temperatures are expected to exceed 30degC from Wairoa in the North Island all the way down to Alexandra in the South Island… Audio
How to get to sleep when its too darn hot
Dr Karyn O'Keefe from the Sleep Wake Research Centre at Massey University with tips ....and what's the ideal temperature to nodd off. Video, Audio
Heat causes national fan shortage
Most of the big online retailers have sold out online and inside stores, supplies are sparse. Audio
