Cyclone Hale: 9-11th January 2023
After starting as a tropical depression (93P) on January 4th in Far North Queensland, late on 8th January a tropical storm 07P over the...
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Jan 4, 20231 min read
Largest quake in nearly 100 years rocks upper North
A strong shallow magnitude 5.1 has rattled the upper and central North Island this morning at 5:39am and was felt by 20,000+. Located 5...
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Dec 31, 20221 min read
2022 comes to a close
It is time to say good-bye to 2022. We will finish the year with a partly cloudy day in the mid 20’s with maybe some isolated showers and...
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Dec 28, 20221 min read
Coromandel earthquake swarm re-awakens
Dual earthquakes today have re-awakened the earthquake swarm just off Whitianga. The first was a M2.5 at 6:20am and then a 2nd larger...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read
More storms and inversion thunder rattles the North
A strong squall line on a frontal boundary motored across the Upper North Island on the last day of November which finished out a very...
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Nov 28, 20221 min read
Seismic unrest within the Kermadec Arc
An intriguing series of shallow earthquakes in the last week including two M5.1 yesterday, 730km NE of the Hauraki Gulf. They are in the...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
Stormy November continues
Another parade of thunderstorms moved across the upper North Island as the unusually stormy November continues. One particular...
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Nov 20, 20221 min read
Waterspout lands in the Gulf off the North Shore
A Tasman low delivered waves of thunderstorm cells into the upper North Island over the weekend with one cell's cloud rotating enough to...
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Nov 19, 20221 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...
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Nov 11, 20221 min read
Subtropical low impacts the upper North
A vigorous east to south-easterly developed during the evening of 10th November associated with a subtropical low in Tasman. During the...
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Nov 10, 20221 min read
Series of deep earthquakes to the North
There were multiple large deep earths 1100km to the North of NZ on late Wednesday night. The first was a foreshock M6.8 10:38pm NZT which...
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Nov 2, 20221 min read
Small M2.6 shallow earthquake reawakens fault near Great Barrier Island
After 3 initial earthquakes in October 2021 the Cradock Channel fault line has re-awoken this morning with a small M2.6 at 6:46am 5km...
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Sep 21, 20221 min read
New quake swarm next to the Coromandel peninsula
A shallow magnitude M3.3 with an epicenter 25km east of Whitianga has rattled across the upper North Island this evening at 8:06pm. It’s...
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Sep 10, 20221 min read
Lake Taupō volcanic unrest increases
Lake Taupō currently has an ongoing earthquake swarm within the volcano's caldera. This morning at 6:36am a M4.2 earthquake rattled the...
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Aug 18, 20221 min read
The Godwits return to the Upper North
The first Godwit has arrived onto the upper North Island, a sign that the seasons are changing. Using her naturally gifted weather sense,...
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Aug 15, 20221 min read
Strong M6.6 quake on the Kermadec Trench
A notable strong magnitude 6.6 shallow earthquake this morning at 1:44am on the Kermadec Trench, 720km North East of Auckland. The...
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Aug 9, 20221 min read
Stormy night for the Hibiscus Coast
An upper level low in the Tasman triggered a line for slow moving storms between lower Northland and Auckland on Monday night. Anvil...
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Jul 31, 20222 min read
One of the wettest Julys on record
July has been one of the wettest on record. Some parts of the Coromandel Ranges have had nearly 1 metre of rain. Here are your local...
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Jul 12, 20221 min read
A wet start to July
Has it felt like a wet start to July? Local rainfall gauges say yes. Only 12 days in and most monthly averages have already been...
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Jul 10, 20221 min read
Rare sky and water combo captured
The ocean glow of bioluminescence with the dawn volcanic aerosol glow from Tonga's January eruption. A unique and rare combo. The bio is...
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