The Chinese naval drills in the waters between Australia and New Zealand have prompted airlines to divert flights.

We have NZ’s 7 day rainfall outlook and latest drought index maps too.

Although February is still peak severe weather season, the majority of extreme events this month are being exacerbated by abnormally warm waters off our coastlines.

Holiday locations in Australia are popular with both tourists and residents who realize they don't have to leave to find paradise ...

Maybe you’re an expat who sinks into nostalgic reverie upon finding your favourite childhood chocolate bar on a visit back ...

and the Tasman Sea (26°S–46°S, 150°E–174°E). These regions are the same as those used to provide timeseries on these pages. Trend maps are provided for the seven regions shown above The above areas ...

Image: In this map produced by the ECMWF model showing expected maximum ... One slight difference is that by Saturday, a high pressure system centred over the Tasman Sea will begin to direct hot dry ...

Remembering that air flows clockwise around low pressure systems and anticlockwise around high pressure systems, a fairly typical summer weather map (Figure 2) shows: North to northwesterly winds over ...

Sailing in Australia’s exclusive economic zone, the three vessels were not breaking international law, but they were ...