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New Zealand’s future climate

In this 2015 clip, Dr David Wratt, one of New Zealand’s leading climate scientists, speaks about the likely impact of global warming on New Zealand’s weather.

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Brett Mullan, Petra Pearce, Stephen Stuart, Ben Liley and Stacy Mohan, Climate change – Global influences, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/7539/new-zealands-future-climate (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Brett Mullan, Petra Pearce, Stephen Stuart, Ben Liley and Stacy Mohan, published 2 March 2009, updated 20 July 2020.