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The weather website was hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack earlier today, but a spokesperson told 1 NEWS it was dealt with in a "timely manner".
Its websites didn't see any noticeable loss of performance as a result, MetService says, but some people were redirected to its back-up website.
"The team at MetService remain on the highest alert of any threat, and our service provider has additional resource available to help effectively navigate and mitigate the situation should it escalate," the spokesperson says.
It comes after TSB Bank also acknowledged an incident this afternoon which brought down its banking website and app.
A spokesperson for the bank declined to comment on whether it was related to the cyber attack.
Last week, the NZX halted trading after its website was hit by the cyber attacks, which have continued over recent days.
Failed attacks were also directed at the websites for media outlets Stuff and RNZ this week.
The cyber attacks are being taken seriously by the Government.
Last week, the Prime Minister activated the national security system in response to the attacks on the NZX.
The main website for the New Zealand stock exchange operator NZX crashed on Tuesday following a week of sustained cyberattacks.
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks launced from overseas last week affected NZX’s ability to send market announcements and as a result it had to halt trading.
By Monday, after receiving support from the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), the Financial Markets Authority and Nasdaq-listed Akamai Technologies, NZX had a contingency plan in place which allowed trading to continue despite it suffering yet another attack.
Tuesday had been going well for NZX with trading starting at the normal time of 10am however, by around 1pm the website had crashed. It had been restored by 1.45pm.
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