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    Hotspot Watch for 5 January 2017

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    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

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    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

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    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.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 24 Nov 2016

    Hotspot
    24 November 2016
    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 17 November 2016

    Hotspot
    17 November 2016
    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 10 November 2016

    Hotspot
    10 November 2016
    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 3 Nov 2016

    Hotspot
    04 November 2016
    This week's 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

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    28 October 2016
    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

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    20 October 2016
    An update for 20 October 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

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    18 April 2016
    Across the North Island, soil moisture levels have generally remained the same or decreased slightly when compared to this time last week.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch 1 April 2016

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    01 April 2016
    Across the North Island, soil moisture levels have generally remained the same or increased when compared to this time last week.