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MetService Weather Christchurch: August 15th
MetService Weather Christchurch: August 15th.
MetService Weather National: August 15th - 16th
MetService Weather National: August 15th - 16th.
Weather: Sou'westers bring calmer and cooler conditions
A few showers and colder temperatures replace the chaotic weather seen earlier this week.
Calm after the storm: Weather eases in most parts of the country
Forecasters say much of the wild weather is over...for now anyway.
Worker trapped by falling shipping container walks away unscathed
Worker trapped by falling container discharged from hospital and doing "all right".
MetService Weather Christchurch: August 14th
MetService Weather Christchurch: August 14th.
MetService Weather National: August 13th - 15th
MetService Weather National: August 13th - 15th.
First photos: Six-figure bill to repair storm-ravaged The Cloud
Mayor Goff admits his first thought was whether venue was worth repairing.
Watch: Spectacular lightning strike from Harbour Bridge
Harbour Bridge drivers were hit by blinding white light as the storm raged.
Damage inside The Cloud revealed on Auckland waterfront
Damage inside The Cloud revealed on Auckland waterfront. Video / Tom Dillane
'Tornado' hits waterfront, leaves path of destruction
Auckland may feel some reprieve today, but the trough is expected to move to the east.
Lightning strikes above the Auckland Harbour Bridge
Dramatic lightning seen above the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Video / Charlie Alexander
Focus: Auckland Mayor Phil Goff gives a tour of the damage inside The Cloud
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff along with Regional Facilities Auckland crew members gave media a guided tour through The Cloud on Auckland’s Queens Wharf and showed the damage the overnight storm caused. Video / Tom Dillane
Roger Moroney: 'Tis the season of pollen clouds and hay fever
COMMENT: There's something (yellow) in the air ... and plenty of it.
'Tornado' strikes waterfront: cars, yachts wrecked
Chaos on the Auckland waterfront, with reports a sea plane has sunk and cars in the ocean.
Batten down the hatches New Zealand, thunderstorms continue
Temperatures are forecast to drop in most of the country.
Storm eases in Auckland, warnings of 10-metre waves
Bunker up: Waves of up to 10 metres heading to parts of the east coast.
North Island braces for severe thunderstorms, tornadoes
Severe thunderstorm watch in place from Taranaki to Northland until midnight tonight.
MetService Weather National: August 12th - 14th
MetService Weather National: August 12th - 14th
'Like a freight train': Tornado slams woman against house
A Taranaki farmer has described how a tornado tore through his house.
Watch: Taranaki tornado tosses trampoline into vehicle, powerlines down
New Plymouth residents reporting giant hail stones.
Wild weather: The Cloud in tatters, lightning hits house
It was a busy night for the Fire Service in Auckland last night.
Focus: Fierce winds and heavy rain leave Auckland’s Cloud in tatters
Focus: Fierce winds and heavy rain leave Auckland’s Cloud in tatters. Video / Jason Oxenham
'War zone': Tornado tears off roof, doors in St Heliers
Tornado tears off neighbour's roof.
Focus: Wild weather rips roofs from houses and Auckland event venue
Wild weather overnight in Auckland has ripped roofs from houses and the large scale event venue The Cloud.
Roof from The Cloud ripped to shreds from storm; 1700 lightning strikes
High winds have ripped off a preschool's roof and lightning has struck a tree.