Weather: 2023 says goodbye on a wet, thundery note

Following a mostly warm and dry day across the country on Saturday, New Year’s Eve is set to close off the year with rain and thunder. MetService has issued heavy rain watches for Mount Taranaki, and the ranges of the Buller and Grey Districts (from about Granity southwards), ending on Sunday afternoon. 31 December 2023 [View in Browser]( Hello and welcome to your morning briefing from Stuff, bringing you the top stories and news you'll want to read. [Weather: 2023 says goodbye on a wet, thundery note]( [Weather: 2023 says goodbye on a wet, thundery note]( [Following a mostly warm and dry day across the country on Saturday, New Year’s Eve is set to close off the year with rain and thunder. MetService has issued heavy rain watches for Mount Taranaki...]( [How a 6-year-old boy became addicted to vaping, and why NZ needs to quit]( [How a 6-year-old boy became addicted to vaping, and why NZ needs to quit]( [A surge in the popularity of vaping nicotine, especially among young Kiwis, has left a cloud over Aotearoa's smokefree ambitions. Jonathan Killick reports. When 6-year-old Harry* started punching...]( ['Feels like a racist attack': Māori graves most damaged after NZ's largest cemetery vandalised]( ['Feels like a racist attack': Māori graves most damaged after NZ's largest cemetery vandalised]( [New Zealand’s largest graveyard, Waikumete Cemetery, has seen graves defaced following an act of vandalism which mostly affected the Māori burial grounds. Gravestones targeted in the attack include...]( Newsable: the news worth talking about Join Imogen Wells and Jess McCarthy for your daily dose of exclusives, analysis and fresh perspectives on news. The podcast drops each weekday from 6am on [newsable.co.nz]( or listen on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. [Listen to the latest episode of Newsable →]( [How did Stuff's political predictions for 2023 turn out? We missed one crucial event]( [How did Stuff's political predictions for 2023 turn out? We missed one crucial event]( [​ Every year the Stuff team of political reporters sits down and does the unthinkable: Try to predict the future. In the interests of full...]( [Sporting roll of honour: All Blacks and world champions head list of stars who died in 2023]( [Sporting roll of honour: All Blacks and world champions head list of stars who died in 2023]( [The sporting world lost some legendary New Zealand and international personalities in 2023. All Blacks greats Bruce Robertson and Tane Norton were...]( [Dunedin’s new harbourside trail offers a salty sightseeing tour by bike]( [Dunedin’s new harbourside trail offers a salty sightseeing tour by bike]( [A new harbourside trail offers a salty sightseeing tour of Dunedin by bike. Stretching from Port Chalmers to Portobello on the Otago Peninsula, the...]( [The Edge's Nickson Clark on lawn-care passion, and leaving radio 'on my own terms']( [The Edge's Nickson Clark on lawn-care passion, and leaving radio 'on my own terms']( [Radio host Nickson Clark is passionate about learning the art of turf care. It is, he says with a laugh, his “porn”. We’re sitting in a central...]( [Stuff quiz: Morning trivia challenge: December 31, 2023]( [Stuff quiz: Morning trivia challenge: December 31, 2023]( [Stuff quiz: Kids trivia challenge: December 31, 2023]( [Stuff quiz: Kids trivia challenge: December 31, 2023]( Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters](. [Feedback]( [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand