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The intense low pressure system that developed in the Tasman sea late yesterday had become as strong as a category 2 tropical cyclone by 8am today, says NIWA meteorologist Ben Noll.

An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

Top of Natalie Robinson’s to-do list right now is to work out exactly what she’s brought back from Antarctica.

NIWA climate scientists present the NIWA 2016 Annual Climate Summary.

An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A NIWA technician spends four days and three nights on a crowded boat heading to one of the most remote places in the Pacific to help install a weather station. Conditions are so arduous he decides to quit his job - but how do you do that in the middle of the ocean?

An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A weekly update describing soil moisture anomalies across the country.

A weekly update for Thursday 1 December 2016 - describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

The hottest November temperature in New Zealand in at least the last 15 years occurred yesterday, when Gisborne reached a sizzling 34.8°C at 4.00 pm.

A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.