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Kōrero: Climate

Dry pond, spring 2001

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Dry pond, spring 2001

New Zealand is affected by major international climate fluctuations such as El Niño. This can create extreme local conditions such as drought in certain parts. This pond in Ōhariu Valley, Wellington, dried up during the El Niño phenomenon in 2001.

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NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

by Alan Blacklock

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Brett Mullan, Andrew Tait rāua ko Craig Thompson, Climate – New Zealand and global climate patterns, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7782/dry-pond-spring-2001 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brett Mullan, Andrew Tait rāua ko Craig Thompson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.