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Kōrero: Waikato region

Fog and frost

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Fog and frost

Two of features of Waikato’s weather, heavy fog and frost, are seen in this view of Pirongia mountain. Both are common in winter, but some say the fogs are not as bad as they were when they were made denser by smoke from frequent peat fires, which were a common occurrence until the 1970s.

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Pirongia te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society

by Tui Allen

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato region – Landscape and climate, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27055/fog-and-frost (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 26 May 2010, updated 1 July 2015.