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Hotspot Watch Updates
This weekly update helps assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought. Regions experiencing severely to extremely drier than normal soil conditions are deemed “hotspots” -
New Zealand Drought Monitor
ServiceThe New Zealand Drought Monitor is a system for keeping track of drought conditions across New Zealand based on a standardised climate index. -
Scientists go door-to-door in Edgecumbe collecting flood information
Media release26 April 2017Scientists will be knocking on doors in Edgecumbe next week seeking to survey the damage done to buildings from recent flooding caused when a stopbank on the Rangitaiki River breached. -
NIWA launches New Zealand Drought Index - a one-stop drought monitor
Media release24 March 2017A new tool to monitor drought conditions across New Zealand has been launched today by NIWA. -
Scientists examine links between Northland deluge and climate change
News article06 November 2015Citizen scientists have helped NIWA determine that climate change has likely increased the chances of extreme rainfall that deluged Northland last year. -
NIWA launches high resolution flood forecasting
Feature story29 October 2015There was a common factor in the floods that hit swathes of New Zealand midway through this year – they were all forecastable. -
Building resilience to extreme weather events in the Pacific
Feature story02 September 2015Cyclone Pam’s furious flight path across the South Pacific in March this year illustrated the danger natural hazards pose to life, livelihoods and infrastructural development in the region. -
Is extreme weather the new normal?
News article24 March 2015New Zealanders have just experienced one of the driest summers on record – great for beachgoers and cricket lovers, but far from ideal for farmers and orchardists relying on rain to maintain productivity. -
New Zealand facing greater weather extremes: international report
News article31 March 2014New Zealand will get hotter, have more heavy rainfalls, and experience more days when the fire risk is extreme, the latest international report on climate change impacts reveals.