Towns and Cities weather
North Island
Valid until midnight on Sunday, 1 February 2026:
Auckland
- High: 25
Partly cloudy. Light winds and sea breezes.
Gisborne
- High: 25
Fine apart from a passing cloud around late morning or early afternoon. Northwesterlies, turning southwesterlies in the afternoon.
Hamilton
- High: 26
Morning cloud or fog, otherwise fine. Cloud returning in the evening. Afternoon westerlies.
Hastings
- High: 26
Clear skies. Afternoon easterlies.
Kaitaia
- High: 26
Mostly cloudy. A few showers, mainly in the morning. Northeasterlies developing in the afternoon.
Levin
- High: 22
Fine, apart from some morning. Northwesterlies.
Masterton
- High: 26
Fine. Afternoon and early evening northeasterlies.
Napier
- High: 24
Clear skies. Afternoon easterlies.
New Plymouth
- High: 21
Mainly fine but some morning cloud. Westerlies, easing evening.
Palmerston North
- High: 22
Fine, apart from some morning. Northwesterlies.
Paraparaumu
- High: 21
Fine, apart from some morning. Northwesterlies.
Rotorua
- High: 25
Fine, apart from some morning cloud. Light winds.
Taumarunui
- High: 26
Fine, apart from possible early morning fog. Afternoon westerlies.
Taupō
- High: 25
Fine, apart from some morning cloud. Light winds.
Tauranga
- High: 27
Fine, apart from some morning cloud. Northerlies developing afternoon.
Whanganui
- High: 23
Fine, apart from some morning. Northwesterlies.
Wellington
- High: 20
Fine, apart from areas of morning cloud. Strong northerlies, easing for a time in the morning and afternoon.
Whangārei
- High: 25
Mostly cloudy. A few showers, mainly in the morning. Light winds.
South Island
Valid until midnight on Sunday, 1 February 2026:
Alexandra
- High: 26
Partly cloudy. Light winds, northwesterlies developing in the afternoon.
Blenheim
- High: 24
Morning cloud then fine. Light winds, northeasterlies developing in the afternoon.
Christchurch
- High: 21
Cloudy with patchy drizzle, clearing to fine in the morning. Cloud returning at night. Northeasterlies developing in the morning.
Dunedin
- High: 21
Partly cloudy. Light winds, northeasterlies developing in the afternoon.
Greymouth
- High: 20
Partly cloudy. Light winds, westerlies developing for a time in the afternoon.
Invercargill
- High: 21
Mostly cloudy with occasional rain. Westerlies, turning northerly before dawn.
Kaikōura
- High: 20
Fine, apart from morning and evening cloud. Light winds, northeasterlies developing in the afternoon.
Nelson
- High: 21
Fine. Southerlies, turning northerly in the afternoon.
Oamaru
- High: 20
Fine, apart from evening cloud. Northeasterlies developing in the morning.
Queenstown
- High: 22
Partly cloudy. Light winds, southwesterlies developing in the afternoon.
Timaru
- High: 22
Fine, apart from morning and evening cloud. Northeasterlies developing in the morning.
Wānaka
- High: 25
Partly cloudy. Light winds, northerlies developing in the afternoon.
Westport
- High: 20
Fine, apart from morning and evening cloud. Light winds, southwesterlies developing in the afternoon.
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Broadcast times
- Short: follows on the hour news bulletins (excluding 1:00pm on weekends)
- Main centre: 5:05, 5:40, 6:06, 6:33, 7:06, 8:07 am on weekdays and 5:30, 6:05, 7:06 and 8:07 on weekends
- Regional: 5:20am and 8:32am on weekdays, 6:05am on Saturdays and 7:05am on Sundays
- Towns and Cities: 7:32am on weekdays
- Long-range: 12:32pm on weekdays, 1:03pm on weekends
- Mountain: 4:03am and 3:06pm every day
- Coastal: 4:05am every day
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