Orange heavy rain warnings issued for parts of New Zealand

Tuesday 1 July 2025 · 4 outlets · 6 reports · updated Tue 1 Jul 2025, 2:41pm

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MetService has issued orange heavy rain warnings for the Nelson and Tasman districts, as well as the Bay of Plenty, due to a large low. Northland and Auckland are also under heavy rain and strong wind watches for Thursday.

How they headlined it

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1. Otago Daily TimesTue 1 Jul 2025, 11:12am

   Warning of more heavy rain for Nelson, Tasman districts (opens in new tab)

2. NZ HeraldTue 1 Jul 2025, 11:29am

   Bay of Plenty weather: MetService issues orange weather warning for heavy rain on Thursday (opens in new tab)

   • Heavy rain warnings for Nelson and Tasman as clean-up continues (opens in new tab) Tue 1 Jul 2025, 2:41pm
3. StuffTue 1 Jul 2025, 11:44am

   Severe weather across Aotearoa kicks off on Thursday (opens in new tab)

4. 1NewsTue 1 Jul 2025, 12:02pm

   'Not news we wanted': Rain warnings for sodden Nelson-Tasman (opens in new tab)

   • Orange heavy rain warnings issued for already sodden Nelson-Tasman (opens in new tab) Tue 1 Jul 2025, 12:02pm