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… of our clothes and our flesh the wild Irishman devoured.’ 2 Weather Weather has often been a source of hardship for farmers, who …
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Part of story: Rural language
… In the last 5,000 years, prolonged intervals of cool weather led to renewed glacial advances. By about 500 BCE … Between 1976 and 1994 there were several strong El Niño weather events, resulting in decreased rainfall in the North …
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Part of story: Climate change
… on the Auckland Islands had closed by June 1945, but the weather data obtained at the Campbell Island station proved … stamp collectors. The base was decommissioned in 1994 after weather observations became automated. Love ’em or hate ’em …
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Part of story: Subantarctic islands
… so they tend to be picked out as unusual. They resist weathering, although they are often rusty on the outside. …
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Part of story: Meteorites
… Fishing involved long, irregular hours, often in harsh weather conditions. If the weather prevented him from going to sea, Cataldo spent his …
Type: Biography
… Weather With a high rainfall, the weather is a regular topic of conversation on the West …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… requirements The summerfruit industry relies heavily on the weather, which affects all aspects of fruit production: … in each region can vary considerably as a result of these weather conditions. Regional production Stone fruit grows …
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Part of story: Stone fruit and the summerfruit industry
… unsuccessful attempts, each of which was foiled by bad weather. On the third occasion a sudden storm forced Katie, … was made for her guides' wives. On the ninth day the weather cleared, they ate the last of their food and headed …
Type: Biography
… in 1854. When the New Zealand government established a weather and radio station on the island in 1939 it made … and landings from small boats can only be made in calm weather. The island consists of two mountainous areas, one …
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Part of story: Kermadec Islands
… the access of penguins to the sea and hence to food. Weather effects Antarctica has a major effect on New Zealand’s weather, and meteorological observations have been made at …
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Part of story: Antarctica and New Zealand
… tuatara and the giant wētā. Beech forest grows on the weathered uplands, in low-nutrient soils. Below this is … summers because of its exposure to regular south-westerly weather. Its rolling, fertile landscape is covered with …
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Part of story: Ecoregions
… average return but there was much income uncertainty from weather (drought or snowstorms), disease (scab and footrot) …
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Part of story: Economic history
… about the world they inhabit – the animals, plants, weather patterns and natural rhythms of life. Tangata whenua …
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Part of story: Te Ao Mārama – the natural world
… path of the winds known as the roaring forties. Uncertain weather and heavy snowfall make the alps second to none for …
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Part of story: Mountaineering
… on forecasting and many other aspects of New Zealand’s weather and climate. Kidson saw clearly the importance of … first-hand experience in the frontal methods of analysis of weather data, newly developed by leading Norwegian …
Type: Biography
… department took control of broadcasting. News and weather Early radio mostly played music. News bulletins, … by matters such as stock and wool sales, began around 1927. Weather forecasts were also introduced at 9 p.m. every …
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Part of story: Rural media
… of potential flooding are the heavy rain warnings issued by weather forecasters. In addition, councils independently … the El Niño–Southern Oscillation that affects New Zealand’s weather patterns. In El Niño years, stronger westerly winds …
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Part of story: Floods
… north they found familiar reddish-brown earth, formed on weathered volcanic rocks. Fertile and well-drained soils on …
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Part of story: Soil investigation
… ripe. Annual growth cycle Grapevines are deciduous. As the weather cools and the days shorten in autumn (March–May), …
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Part of story: Viticulture
… Patience and endurance were needed to cope with the weather, and the trackless, broken landscape. But the area … 1891 at the age of 50. As on other trips, solitude and the weather allowed Douglas to record not just his route, but … that the barometer 'did not seem to have much effect on the weather on the Coast!' – he could also be cynical, and he …
Type: Biography