Story: Climate

More links and websites

• Climate data and activities

  On the NIWA site, this climate data is presented for schools.

• Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) – climate change and primary industries

  The MPI site provides information on the impact of climate change on the rural sector.

• National Climate Centre

  Regular information on current climate conditions and outlooks for the future.

• Climate Change (MFE)

  Ministry for the Environment site which are details about climate change and how it might affect New Zealand.

• The International Research Institute for Climate and Society

  This site gives a monthly summary of global climate events and a useful page on El Niño.

• The Topoclimate South project

  This describes a project to map detailed climatic variations in Southland as a guide to crop diversification (PDF).

More suggestions and sources

• Brenstrum, Erick. The New Zealand weather book. Nelson: Craig Potton, 1998.
• Gentilli, J., ed. Climates of Australia and New Zealand. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1970.
• Karoly, D. J., and Vincent, D. G., eds. Meteorology of the southern hemisphere. Meteorological Monographs no. 49. Boston: American Meteorological Society, 1998.
• Sturman, A.P., and N. J. Tapper. The weather and climate of Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2006.