Multiple small earthquakes this morning in the same area as the ongoing quake swarm NE of Whangarei. GeoNet pinpointed the magnitude 2.8...

Tonga volcano summary Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai is a volcanic island located about 30 km south-southeast of Fonuafoʻou island in Tonga....

Earth will be closest to the Sun this year at 7:52pm NZT this evening. This distance is called the perihelion. As well as the moon, the...

GeoNet have detected 13 small earthquakes under Mt Ruapehu over the last 72 hours within 2km of the crater lake up until 6:34am this...

It is time to say good-bye to 2021. We will finish the year with a fine, dry, and mild day across the upper North Island with no rain...

The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 6th December for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour tidal gauge...

A rare 'Circumhorizontal arc' or otherwise known as a 'Fire Rainbow' has been spotted over the Coromandel Peninsula this afternoon. This...

Lights winds and ample sun has helped produced the hottest Christmas day since 2009 across the upper North Island. It was mid to high...

Water tanks, wildlife, gardens and the landscape had a well earned drink over the last few days. Tropical moisture from Cyclone Ruby...

Tonight's moisture rich atmosphere combined with short-wavelength violet light has created vivid lavender and red colours at sunset...

Marine temperatures in the shallows are now around 20 to 21c, with some beaches around Auckland’s harbours and the Firth of Thames at...

The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 7th November for Waitemata harbour. Due to instrument issues, Great Barrier Island has had to...

Day time heating this morning on Rangitoto's volcanic rocks has caused warm air to rise, producing atmospheric convection and it own...

In Space news this evening, clear weather has allowed NASA to successfully launch a rocket and spacecraft from California in its first...

A nice 'fair weather funnel cloud' appeared last night over the Gulf around Rangitoto. The harmless rotating vortex developed at the base...

Saturday 6th November was the warmest day for most areas since 25th March. The day time heat has helped triggered a line of showers and...

Another major G3 level (KP7) geomagnetic storm has hit the planet in the last 12 hours. The plasma cloud driven by a vigorous 700 km/sec...

Did you think it was a wet October? You were right, it was one of the wettest in decades in some areas thanks to a north-easterly La Nina...

The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 7th October for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour tidal gauge...

Reawakened gulf fault triggers another small shallow earthquake this morning. A magnitude 1.5 was detected at 4:53am by GeoNet, between...