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2024 - A year in summary
It is time to say good-bye to 2024 in what was a quieter year of weather and geological events for upper North Island compared to the...
Dec 31, 20241 min read


The great solar storm of 2024
Between 7th to 9th May sunspot region 3664 blasted multiple X class solar flares towards earth. Initial radio blackouts occurred across...
May 16, 20241 min read


Good-bye to 2023
It is time to say good-bye to 2023 in what was a year of notable historical weather events for upper North Island. We will finish the...
Dec 31, 20231 min read


Geomagnetic storm, Auroras, and a large M7.1 earthquake
It was a very active 24 hours for space weather and seismic activity yesterday as a severe G4 geomagnetic storm bombarded earth’s...
Apr 25, 20231 min read


Severe G4 geomagnetic storm impacts upper North
A severe level G4 Geomagnetic storm arrived into earth's magnetosphere on Friday evening NZT, triggering the Aurora Australis over the...
Mar 26, 20231 min read


Fireball disintegrates over upper North
A great capture this morning at 4:24am of a meteor burning up through atmosphere over Auckland’s north-west. It was heard booming through...
Nov 19, 20221 min read


International Space Station view of the Gulf today
International Space Station cruised over the upper North Island at 12:38pm this afternoon. A mix of sunshine and stratocumulus clouds...
May 23, 20221 min read


King low tide at the perihelion exposes the Gulf
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...
Jan 4, 20221 min read


2021 comes to a close
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...
Dec 31, 20211 min read


NASA launches a mission to crash into an asteroid
In Space news this evening, clear weather has allowed NASA to successfully launch a rocket and spacecraft from California in its first...
Nov 24, 20211 min read


A magical Aurora Australis seen from Auckland
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...
Nov 5, 20211 min read


Major X class solar flare
The sun erupted a major solar flare this morning at around 4:30am NZT causing a X class solar flare to hurtle towards earth. The region...
Oct 29, 20211 min read


Strong Geomagnetic storm strikes earth
A strong G2 geomagnetic storm arrived over New Zealand early this morning, which originated from a solar flare on 9th October followed by...
Oct 13, 20211 min read


G2 solar storm forecast to potentially hit earth 2-3 September
Space Weather Alert. The U.S agency Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a Geomagnetic storm watch for the potential impact of...
Sep 1, 20211 min read


Total Lunar Eclipse puts on an amazing show
Clouds cleared just in time over the upper North Island to allow a stunning uninterrupted view of a rare Total Lunar Eclipse / Super Moon...
May 27, 20211 min read


Aurora Australis arrives in the upper North Island
The strongest solar storm in 2 years has delivered the Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) to much of New Zealand including the upper...
May 13, 20211 min read


NZ was only within 24 minutes from rocket debris impact
Chinese rocket debris brief summary. China on 29 April 2021 launched a CZ-5B rocket for its core module to the new Space Station Tianhe-1...
May 10, 20211 min read


Meteors and chaotic rogue Chinese rockets. Interesting 100 hours ahead.
Meteors showers and an out-of-control Chinese rocket are on their way towards earth in the next 100 hours. While the lower atmospheric...
May 5, 20212 min read


Incoming meteor shower to peak this Friday morning
Heads-up, there is an incoming meteor shower this week. The ‘Eta Aquarid’ meteors are debris from Halley's comet tail and will light up...
May 2, 20211 min read


G2 solar storm forecast to hit earth tonight
A space weather watch and warning is now in place across the earth by multiple government weather agencies. A geomagnetic storm from an...
Apr 25, 20211 min read
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