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Story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather

Rows of kūmara

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Rows of kūmara

Distinctive lines of clouds were compared to rows of kūmara crops in plantations like this one.

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Basil Keane, Tāwhirimātea – the weather – Clouds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8270/rows-of-kumara (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 March 2022.