Heavy rain and weather warnings issued across New Zealand

Tuesday 18 November 2025 · 4 outlets · 4 reports · updated Tue 18 Nov 2025, 12:57pm

In this story MetService

An atmospheric river and two slow-moving fronts are bringing heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the country. The Bay of Plenty is facing a flooding risk with up to 200mm of rain forecast. MetService has issued several severe weather warnings and watches as the weather systems move through.

How they headlined it

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1. StuffTue 18 Nov 2025, 11:04am

   Heavy rain to lash parts of the country as atmospheric river passes through (opens in new tab)

2. 1NewsTue 18 Nov 2025, 11:32am

   'Stuck' weather system brings heavy rain warnings to parts of NZ (opens in new tab)

3. NZ HeraldTue 18 Nov 2025, 12:51pm

   Bay of Plenty weather: MetService warns of flooding risk as 200mm of rain forecast (opens in new tab)

4. RNZTue 18 Nov 2025, 12:57pm

   Weather: Heavy rain hits Bay of Plenty, other places warned they will get some too (opens in new tab)