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Earthquakes continue to rattle areas of the Gulf
Another rattling earthquake for the Coromandel Peninsula and Great Barrier Island around 7.30 pm Tuesday night with a M 4.3 being felt. ...
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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2nd quake for 2020 in the Firth of Thames
There has been a micro-earthquake last night under the Firth of Thames registering a magnitude 1.3 by GeoNet at 8:30 pm. It's in the same...
Sep 12, 20201 min read
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Ongoing earthquake sequence continues
The current earthquake sequence beneath the Bay of Plenty in a location 100 km to the east of Whitianga, has now reached over 230 quakes...
Aug 31, 20201 min read
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August Rainfall
August 2020 rainfall was near or above average around the Gulf. Here are your local totals in mm for the month. 106.4 Albany 100.8...
Aug 31, 20201 min read
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Monthly sea level peaks for August 2020
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred between 19th and 24th August 2020 for Waitemata habour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Aug 30, 20201 min read
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Bay of Plenty earthquake rattles the upper North Island
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake at a shallow depth of 5km has rattled areas around the Hauraki Gulf at 3:47am this morning, being felt...
Aug 29, 20201 min read
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Coldest morning of 2020
This morning was the coldest morning of 2020 with several areas well below zero. Inland areas were especially cold with 17 spots going...
Aug 16, 20201 min read
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Gulf earthquake swarm count reaches 100
Another 6 small earthquakes in the last 4 days including 2 this morning, has now bought the gulf earthquake swarm count to a milestone of...
Aug 4, 20201 min read
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Monthly sea level peaks for July 2020
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred between 5th and 6th July 2020 for Waitemata habour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Aug 1, 20201 min read
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A Marangai unloads a deluge on Northland & Coromandel
A powerful slow moving Tasman low has produced a classic Marangai that has unleashed torrential rain on the upper North Island between...
Jul 21, 20201 min read
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New earthquake cluster near the Auckland Volcanic Field
A new cluster of 3 small earthquakes on the edge of the Auckland volcanic field occurred within 18 hours of each other on 14th and 15th...
Jul 16, 20201 min read
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Wet and stormy June
Red morning skies, tornadoes, above average rainfall, June was certainly not boring around the gulf. Here were the local monthly rainfall...
Jun 30, 20201 min read
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Tornado outbreak 26 -27 June 2020
A complex low pressure system in the Tasman with an associated upper level trough moved across the North island on Friday and Saturday...
Jun 28, 20201 min read
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More good June rain
It's been a wet 24 hours with more heavy showers to come over the next few days. There has been widespread falls of 50 to 70mm across the...
Jun 25, 20201 min read
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Large 7.4 earthquake along the Kermadec trench
A large 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck 690km north east of the Hauraki gulf at 12:49am this morning. According to GeoNet, there have...
Jun 19, 20201 min read
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Monthly sea level peak - king high tide 5th June 2020
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 5th June 2020 between 7:00pm and 7.15pm during the king tide sequence. The Waitemata harbour...
Jun 10, 20201 min read
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May delivers on rain
The reliable wet cool season is delivering again! The month of May has seen most areas receive average to well above average rainfall,...
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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Monthly sea level peak - king high tide 9th May 2020
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 9th May 2020 between 9:00pm and 9.15pm during the king tide sequence. The Waitemata harbour...
May 15, 20201 min read
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May delivers a wet first week
There is an old weather proverb - ‘After great droughts come great rains’. It's still early in May but so far its looking promising as...
May 7, 20201 min read
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Finally some rain
An old fashioned wet northerly moved in today and gave the region a desperately needed drop of rain with more showers to follow tonight....
May 3, 20201 min read
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