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… New Zealand’s weather is shaped by its mountains, the ocean surrounding … Weather …
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… New Zealand’s rapid weather changes, frequent rain, distinctive cloud patterns … relating to the domain of Tāwhirimātea – god of the weather. … Tāwhirimātea – the weather …
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… in the south, on the same day. Forecasting such diverse weather conditions used to be done with the help of hundreds … The process is largely automated now, although the weather stills holds a fascination for outdoors-loving Kiwis. … Weather forecasting …
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… Tāwhirimātea The Māori word for weather is rangi (also meaning sky). In Māori tradition, the deity who controls the weather is Tāwhirimātea. In the creation story, the children … of humans. Tūmatauenga stood firm and endured the fierce weather his brother sent. He developed incantations to cause …
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Part of story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather
… and their actions were often believed to predict the weather. Hurupounamu (bush wren) Māori saw hurupounamu as … (falcon) The kārearea’s cry was believed to foretell the weather, as in the saying: Ka tangi te kārewarewa ki waenga … te rangi ua, ka paki āpōpō. When a kārearea screams in fine weather, next day there’ll be rain. When it screams in the …
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Part of story: Ngā manu – birds
… The weather is the particular atmospheric conditions and events … the range of conditions over several decades. New Zealand’s weather patterns are determined by three factors: wind, sea … Wind With much of the country lying in the roaring forties weather system, New Zealand is a windy place. The winds …
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Part of story: Weather
… to New Zealand they sought and used knowledge about the weather. They would sail south to catch the westerly winds, … used the patterns and colours of clouds to predict the weather. They would observe cloud formations at sunset to …
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Part of story: Weather forecasting
… early 1874 he was made responsible for the newly instituted weather-reporting and storm-signalling section of the … strongly influenced by the tradition of practical weather science of which Admiral Robert FitzRoy and the … contemporary exponents. Spurred by the need for timely weather information that would enhance maritime safety, …
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… on which they are formed. Because these soils have been weathering for a long time they have a high clay content. … Ultic soils Ultic soils, covering 3% of New Zealand, are weathered from quartz-rich sedimentary rocks. These yellow … the country, and Oxidic soils, covering less than 1%, are weathered from ancient, dark volcanic rocks or ash. Iron …
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Part of story: Soils
… The difference between climate and weather The term ‘climate’ refers to long-term weather patterns, including: the average weather (such as monthly mean wind speed, and annual mean …
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Part of story: Climate
… gecko, Castlepoint daisy and Wellington barking gecko. Weather words Terms to describe particular weather conditions or their effects have come into general …
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Part of story: English language in New Zealand
… Modern weather forecasting depends on detailed knowledge of current … Surface surveillance In New Zealand, observations of weather conditions at the earth’s surface are made at about …
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Part of story: Weather forecasting
… forms a cosmic family, in the traditional Māori view. The weather, birds, fish and trees, sun and moon are related to …
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… Zealand’s most common clay mineral, is formed by the deep weathering of many different rocks such as granite, schist … clay Under certain conditions the volcanic rock rhyolite weathers into a distinct type of clay. Known as halloysite, … altered by hydrothermal fluids passing through it and then weathered by rain and exposure to the atmosphere. The …
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Part of story: Rock, limestone and clay
… Gathering data At some sites in New Zealand daily weather records have been collected since the 1840s. For a … early 1970s there were more than 1,300 people observing the weather in New Zealand. In the early 2000s about 750 manual … observations were made every day, and about 130 automatic weather stations made recordings every hour. Stevenson …
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Part of story: Weather forecasting
… be fit and determined to succeed against rips, waves, bad weather and tides – with only their swimsuit and a layer of …
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… ‘raining at seven, fine by eleven’ often rings true for weather forecasters . The weather pattern At New Zealand’s latitude, warm moist air … systems, often termed ‘highs’, which bring settled weather. Eastward-travelling highs cross the country about …
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Part of story: Natural environment