Easy connections to weather intelligence.

Helping you be ready, whatever the weather.

Weather shapes our lives. In Aotearoa New Zealand, it's part of who we are - powerful, changeable, beautiful. From the journeys of our earliest navigators to planning today’s adventures, understanding the weather has meant freedom, resilience, and success.

Weather is complex. MetService is here to make it simple.
We connect you to the latest, most accurate weather information when and where you need it. Whether you're planning your commute, business operations, or your next great escape, we make it easy to get the weather smarts you need come rain, hail or shine.

We are a team of local people who combine our deep knowledge of New Zealand with world-leading science and technology. We're not just forecasting - we’re helping New Zealanders make smarter decisions, stay safe, and stay in the know.

Do yourself a MetService and follow our useful weather insights, every day.

  • Our National Forecasting Centre is the base for over 60 meteorologists, all trained to WMO standards. The team are permanently on watch over Aotearoa 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. Not only do we provide land-based forecasting, we are also responsible for over 12 million square nautical miles of ocean.

  • MetService has been trusted by Kiwis to provide them the weather information they need, for more than 160 years.

    As New Zealand's official national weather authority and the Government-approved sole provider of severe weather warnings, our role has been recognised by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization.

    We make it easy for people to connect with our weather insights in ways that best suit them, so that they can be ready for any weather.

  • Our meteorologists use their expertise to interpret model and observational data and predict the incoming weather. We produce forecasts that are timely and accurate. These forecasts are delivered through our popular channels and the media in such a way that anyone can understand what the weather means for them.

    Civil Defence and Emergency Services rely on our watches and warnings to keep the public safe during severe weather and natural disasters.

    What we do saves lives, increases national resilience, protects the environment and boosts the productivity of our economy.

  • As a State Owned Enterprise established to deliver weather services to benefit New Zealand's people and economy, MetService has become a commercially successful science company.

    We deliver scientific insights and solutions that give local and international businesses a competitive edge in the transport, energy, media, resources, industry, infrastructure, and retail sectors.

    We deliver powerful weather intelligence by combining data, scientific rigour, and valuable insights with the latest technology. An unrelenting approach to accuracy, quality and consistency underpins everything we do - lives and businesses depend on it.

  • MetService is a Kiwi organisation with a local and global view.  We contribute beyond our own shores as part of the WMO, working with our Pacific neighbours in regard to severe weather: the monitoring of tropical cyclones, volcanic ash and the southern ice shelf, as well as inputting observations into global models.

  • Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. As our weather becomes more severe, the importance of meteorological expertise and the ability to translate it into meaningful weather warnings and insights is even more essential.

    MetService is proud to play a central role in helping build a safer, more resilient weather-ready nation.

    For more information read our climate change statement.