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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 2 March 2017

    Hotspot
    02 March 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

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    Hotspot Watch for 23 Feb 2017

    Hotspot
    23 February 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 17 February

    Hotspot
    17 February 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

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    Hotspot Watch for 9 February 2017

    Hotspot
    09 February 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

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    Hotspot Watch for 2 February 2017

    Hotspot
    02 February 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

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    Hotspot Watch for 26 January 2017

    Hotspot
    26 January 2017
    An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

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    Hotspot Watch for 19 January 2017

    Hotspot
    19 January 2017
    An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

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    Hotspot Watch for 12 January 2017

    Hotspot
    12 January 2017
    An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

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    Hotspot Watch for 5 January 2017

    Hotspot
    05 January 2017
    An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

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    Hotspot Watch for 21 December

    Hotspot
    21 December 2016
    An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

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    Hotspot Watch for 8 December 2016

    Hotspot
    08 December 2016
    A weekly update describing soil moisture anomalies across the country.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 1 December 2016

    Hotspot
    01 December 2016
    A weekly update for Thursday 1 December 2016 - describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.