Weather

A miserable Sunday and Monday beckons for people in central New Zealand as a southerly front brings gale winds and rain.

Fog at Auckland Airport that caused the delay or cancellation of nearly 50 domestic flights has finally lifted.

Destructive winds reaching more than 140km/h have damaged buildings, sent trampolines flying and delayed flights.

Torrential rain turned streets into waterways in parts of Canterbury, but the wild weather has now eased. Video

A thunderstorm watch for northern parts of the country has been lifted, after a spectacular lightning-and-thunder display.

The West Coast is being battered by thunderstorms, and motorists in the region are being warned to drive with extra care.

Heavy fog this morning forced the airplane flying Prime Minister Bill English south to return to Wellington.

Floods in northern Vietnam have killed 26 people and washed away hundreds of homes over the past week.

Climate change is going to bring four times the amount of hot days in Wellington and Wairarapa in the next 100 years and there's also likely to be more frequent extreme rainfall events, a NIWA report…

Listed retailers are welcoming the cooler winter weather because consumers are out splashing the cash.

Millions of people living in South Asia face a deadly threat from heat and humidity driven by global warming, according to a new study.

There's little reprieve in sight from a year of torrential rain with further extreme rainfall possible this month, MetService says.

Farmers in flood-hit Otago are to get extra government support including rural assistance payments.

Temperatures plummeted to well below zero overnight in many parts of the country.

A Dunedin volunteer support worker says farmers hit hard by flooding are now concerned about calving as waters recede.