Warnings & Forecasts
Meteorological Data Acquisition
Support Services to the Pacific
Introduction
The Minister of Transport, under the Meteorological Services Act 1990 (as amended in 1992), is responsible for ensuring the provision of meteorological warnings and forecasts for New Zealand and the collection of data to support these services. The Minister is also required to appoint an organisation to provide the authorised warning service in New Zealand.
In 1992 the Minister of Transport and the Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd (MetService) entered into a commercial contract for the provision of meteorological services. The contract provides for core weather services for New Zealand, and for the Government to meet its international obligations under World Meteorological Organization (WMO) arrangements.
The contract has a number of years to run and has been recently reviewed to ensure that it clearly specifies the services to be provided.
The following document is an outline of those services that will continue to be provided under the contract.
