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… considered shipping construction materials there. Bad weather added to the delays, and contractors worked …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Lighthouses
… by a suspension bridge near the Mangatini falls. An all-weather track, this is an exciting walk on a wet day when …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… to flooding. A major flood occurred in 1868 when an unusual weather pattern caused the Taylor and Wairau rivers to flood …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… uplifted to form the North Island’s main mountain ranges. Weathering has changed much of the greywacke around …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… sending volumes of steam full 2,000 feet high in calm weather; round the edges of the crater are numerous small …
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Part of story: Historic volcanic activity
… Cook had a similar view in 1770. For both explorers the weather was poor, so they stayed well out to sea and were …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… Indonesia, brought about the disastrous changes in the weather in 1816, known as ‘The Year without Summer’, causing …
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Part of story: Climate change
… surfaces are grass, but trotting uses both grass and ‘all-weather’ clay-based surfaces. Development of the sport …
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Part of story: Horse and greyhound racing
… through whale strikes, or piled ashore in terrible weather. In the 1951 race from Wellington to Lyttelton, 10 …
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Part of story: Sailing and windsurfing
… death at the age of 46. James K. Baxter, ‘High country weather’, 1948 Alone we are born And die alone; Yet see the …
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Part of story: Poetry
… annual sunshine hours average just under 2,000. Summer weather is warm, dry and mostly settled. Typical maximum …
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Part of story: Wairarapa region
… pillars and gargoyles. After several decades it tends to weather and flake. Many older buildings have needed cleaning …
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Part of story: Building stone
… tourists have no experience of New Zealand’s changeable weather and rugged terrain, and they are increasingly …
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Part of story: Tourist industry
… are enclosed, air-conditioned, and protected from the weather. Malls generally present blank, windowless façades …
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Part of story: Department stores and shopping malls
… decrease seasonally because of food availability and the weather. For example, most ducks lay 12 or 14 eggs, but …
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Part of story: Game birds
… clay minerals, usually formed by intense tropical weathering. Small amounts of bauxite are known near Kerikeri …
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Part of story: Mining and underground resources
… thought to foretell the future, or signal changes in the weather. First European observations From 1769, naturalists …
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Part of story: Birdwatching
… often milder than those in the southern South Island. The weather is very changeable – in a typical year it rains on …
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Part of story: Stewart Island/Rakiura
… route entailed many river crossings and sleeping out in all weathers. In February he was suspended for a month while …
Type: Biography
… Winter in particular, with its long dark evenings and poor weather, was a time for storytelling and indoor games. Whare …
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Part of story: Leisure in traditional Māori society – ngā mahi a te rēhia