MetService New Zealand
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MetService New Zealand is the national meteorological service of New Zealand, providing weather forecasting, warnings, and related atmospheric services for the country and surrounding regions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MetService | 2 |
| MetService New Zealand canonical | 1 |
| MetService of New Zealand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8627709 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MetService New Zealand Context triple: [RSMC Wellington (volcanic ash advisory centre), operatedBy, MetService New Zealand]
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A.
GeoNet
GeoNet is New Zealand’s national geological hazard monitoring network and information service, tracking earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and related natural hazards.
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B.
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services are national agencies responsible for monitoring, forecasting, and providing information on weather, climate, and water resources to support public safety, economic activities, and environmental management.
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C.
SCNZ
SCNZ is the commonly used abbreviation for the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the country’s highest appellate court.
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D.
Sky (New Zealand)
Sky (New Zealand) is a major New Zealand pay television and broadcasting company that provides a wide range of subscription TV channels and related services nationwide.
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E.
Waimate, New Zealand
Waimate, New Zealand is a small rural town in South Canterbury known for its agricultural economy, historic buildings, and proximity to scenic natural landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MetService New Zealand Target entity description: MetService New Zealand is the national meteorological service of New Zealand, providing weather forecasting, warnings, and related atmospheric services for the country and surrounding regions.
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A.
GeoNet
GeoNet is New Zealand’s national geological hazard monitoring network and information service, tracking earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and related natural hazards.
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B.
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services are national agencies responsible for monitoring, forecasting, and providing information on weather, climate, and water resources to support public safety, economic activities, and environmental management.
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C.
SCNZ
SCNZ is the commonly used abbreviation for the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the country’s highest appellate court.
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D.
Sky (New Zealand)
Sky (New Zealand) is a major New Zealand pay television and broadcasting company that provides a wide range of subscription TV channels and related services nationwide.
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E.
Waimate, New Zealand
Waimate, New Zealand is a small rural town in South Canterbury known for its agricultural economy, historic buildings, and proximity to scenic natural landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government-owned enterprise
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national meteorological service ⓘ weather forecasting organization ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
NERFINISHED
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Maritime New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ World Meteorological Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| focusesOn | severe weather events in New Zealand ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Government of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMobileApp | MetService weather app NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.metservice.com ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
climate services
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meteorology ⓘ weather forecasting ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalName | Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mandate |
provide public weather warnings for New Zealand
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support aviation safety with meteorological services ⓘ support marine safety with meteorological services ⓘ |
| operatesUnder | State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | New Zealand Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | New Zealand Meteorological Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
long-range outlooks
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medium-range weather forecasts ⓘ short-range weather forecasts ⓘ tropical cyclone guidance ⓘ |
| provides |
aviation weather services
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climate data services ⓘ commercial weather services ⓘ hydrometeorological information ⓘ marine forecasts ⓘ public weather information ⓘ road weather services ⓘ severe weather warnings ⓘ weather forecasts ⓘ |
| regionServed |
New Zealand coastal waters
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New Zealand exclusive economic zone NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand land areas ⓘ |
| responsibleTo |
Minister of State Owned Enterprises of New Zealand
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Minister of Transport of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
New Zealand
NERFINISHED
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South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Tasman Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | MetService NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses |
numerical weather prediction models
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satellite data ⓘ weather radar network ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MetService New Zealand Description of subject: MetService New Zealand is the national meteorological service of New Zealand, providing weather forecasting, warnings, and related atmospheric services for the country and surrounding regions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MetService
this entity surface form:
MetService of New Zealand
this entity surface form:
MetService