MetService

What MetService does

MetService (Te Ratonga Tirorangi) is New Zealand's official national meteorological service, operating as a state-owned entity under the New Zealand Government and headquartered in Wellington. Founded in 1992, the organization employs 501-1,000 staff and provides weather forecasts, severe weather warnings, and climate information for New Zealand's distinctive dual-island geography, including region-specific products for Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, the South Island, and alpine passes.

The company's core product is a unified national weather platform delivering heavy rain warnings, strong wind alerts, alpine snow forecasts, and tropical cyclone tracking (e.g., Cyclone Vaianu in April 2026). Underlying technology centers on meteorological forecasting and severe weather monitoring systems. MetService distributes forecasts directly to consumers through its official website and via earned media partnerships with major New Zealand outlets including nzherald and Stuff, and supplies data to government emergency management agencies (Civil Defence, local authorities) for emergency response and disaster preparedness. It also serves aviation, marine, and oceanographic customers following its 2017 acquisition of MetOcean Solutions Ltd.

MetService's revenue model is described as subscription/recurring for public weather services, though specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. With 501-1,000 employees, no disclosed funding rounds, no API or SDK offering (api_exists: false), and no documented product modularization, the business operates as a government-anchored essential service rather than a venture-scale commercial platform. Customer segmentation is vertical: general public (primary), government emergency management (primary), and media organizations (secondary).

Name

MetService

Legal name

MetService - Te Ratonga Tirorangi

Website

https://metservice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

MetService is New Zealand's official national meteorological service, providing weather forecasts, severe weather warnings, and climate information to NZ residents, government emergency management agencies, and media organizations as a state-owned entity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Meteorological / Weather Forecasting Services

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136)

SIC

Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Weather & Emergency Information Channels (MPABAIAF)

Keywords

• Weather forecasting services
• Severe weather warnings
• Meteorological data
• National weather service
• Climate information

Headquarters

HQ city

Wellington

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Weather Services: MetService operates as New Zealand's national weather service, providing meteorological forecasting, severe weather warnings, and climate information to the public and government agencies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

MetService is New Zealand's official national meteorological service, providing weather forecasts, severe weather warnings (heavy rain, strong wind, snow, tropical cyclones), and region-specific meteorological information across the country. It serves the general public, government emergency management agencies, and media organizations as the nation's authoritative source for public weather intelligence.

Product overview

MetService (Te Ratonga Tirorangi) is New Zealand's national weather forecasting service that provides weather predictions, severe weather warnings, and meteorological data for the country. Based on the sources, they issue heavy rain and strong wind warnings, provide region-specific forecasts for locations including Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and the South Island, and deliver specialized forecasts for conditions such as alpine snow, cyclones, and storm events. The service functions as a unified national weather platform rather than a modular product architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• National Weather Forecasting Service Core weather forecasting service providing region-specific forecasts across New Zealand for the general public, government, and media. Covers daily conditions, travel weather, and location-specific outlooks.
• Severe Weather Warnings Service Official severe weather warning service issuing alerts for heavy rain, strong wind, snow on alpine passes, and tropical cyclones. Designed for public safety and emergency response coordination.
• Tropical Cyclone Tracking and Alerts Specialized tropical cyclone tracking and alert service providing advance warnings for cyclone events affecting New Zealand, including wind speed forecasts and infrastructure impact warnings.
• Alpine and Mountain Weather Forecasts Specialized weather forecasts for alpine and mountain regions of New Zealand, including snow conditions on South Island passes, designed for travelers, ski operations, and road safety authorities.
• Government Emergency Management Weather Intelligence Tailored weather data and forecasts for Civil Defence, emergency management officials, and local authorities to support emergency response coordination, evacuation planning, and disaster preparedness.

Quantifiable outcome

• Provided critical severe weather warnings ahead of Cyclone Vaianu (April 2026) with no casualties reported
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• The Weather Company (IBM): IBM-owned global weather data and consumer platform (weather.com). Comparable consumer and enterprise weather offerings at global scale — represents the competitive alternative for commercial weather data and digital forecasts.
• AccuWeather: Large US-based commercial weather forecasting company. Comparable consumer-facing weather product but operates commercially across many geographies rather than as a designated national service for a single country.
• DTN: US-based commercial provider of weather, climate, and agricultural intelligence to enterprise customers (aviation, agriculture, energy, maritime). Comparable B2B weather-data commercialization model that MetService could emulate.

Emerging players

• Tomorrow.io: Tech-forward weather intelligence company using proprietary satellite radar and AI nowcasting. Represents the emerging technology-driven competitive frontier in commercial weather — relevant as a longer-term disruptive peer to traditional government meteorological services.

Regional players

• Fiji Meteorological Service: Fiji's national weather service. Smaller Pacific-region peer serving tropical cyclone-prone island nations — directly relevant for MetService's potential Pacific Island expansion path and a natural partner/competitor for regional forecasting contracts.

Direct peers

• Met Office (UK): The UK's national meteorological service. Closest international analog in terms of government ownership, comprehensive public forecasting mandate, and a successfully developed commercial data/API business — a useful strategic benchmark for MetService's monetization trajectory.
• NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research): New Zealand's other major atmospheric and oceanographic research organization. NIWA operates in parallel to MetService and is the closest comparable institution — both serve NZ with atmospheric, marine, and climate data for government, research, and commercial users.
• NOAA / National Weather Service (US): The US national weather service within NOAA. Operates public forecasts and severe weather warnings as a government entity across a far larger and more weather-diverse geography — a direct functional peer at greater scale.
• Bureau of Meteorology (Australia): Australia's official national meteorological agency. Directly analogous to MetService in mandate (public forecasts, severe weather warnings, aviation/marine services), governance (government-owned), and scale, but serving a larger geography and population.
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC): Canada's national meteorological service. Government-owned, public-mandate forecasting organization serving a geography with similarly extreme and varied weather — directly comparable institutional model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/metservice
• Facebookfacebook.com/metservice
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/metservice

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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