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Rain, Sandflies and Takahē

Takahē Valley in the Murchison Mountains is home to a successful Takahē recovery project run by the Department of Conservation.

Rain, Sandflies and Takahē

Takahē Valley in the Murchison Mountains is home to a successful Takahē recovery project run by the Department of Conservation. Nestled away in this quiet corner of Fiordland, a NIWA weather station quietly records local data on wind speed and direction, temperature, solar radiation, relative humidity, barometric pressure and rainfall and sends it via satellite to a web server. Environmental Technician Eric Stevens tells us more...