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- A Southerly ‘Buster’ - December 19th, 2011 , Written By: Bob McDavitt | No Comments
- Up and away - November 30th, 2011 , Written By: Chris Webster | 1 Comment
- New Sun Protection Alert will help protect Kiwis’ skin this summer - November 11th, 2011 , Written By: nicola | No Comments
- Rugby Weather: Fog - November 8th, 2011 , Written By: Erick Brenstrum | No Comments
- Rugby Weather: Scotland in the Rain - October 3rd, 2011 , Written By: Erick Brenstrum | No Comments
- Rugby Weather: Snow and the Lions - September 23rd, 2011 , Written By: Erick Brenstrum | No Comments
On Monday 28th November, a south to southwest change swept its way northwards across Otago and Canterbury during the afternoon. Temperatures soared to 28 C preceding this change then rapidly plummeted to around 16. This was a good example of what is known in Australasia as a ‘buster’. The weather map for 1pm Monday 28 [...]
Up, up and away in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon… So the song goes, but what’s it actually like way up high in the atmosphere? Could we humans live up there if we wanted to, or had to? I recall David Attenborough doing a great documentary in the series “The Living Planet” (“The Sky Above” [...]
This blog post was written by Wayde Beckman from the Health Sponsorship Council. New Zealanders will have a new, easy-to-use tool that tells them when they need to protect their skin from the sun, with specific reference to where in the country they live. Using extensive research as well as audience and media feedback, the [...]
Rugby and fog do not go well together. Fortunately, in the days when rugby was played in the afternoon, they did not meet up much, except for the occasional test in Scotland when the All Blacks disappeared into the “gloom” as they scampered in a late try. However, the introduction of night-time rugby gave fog [...]
The All Blacks were due to play Scotland in Auckland on 14 June 1975 when a major storm hit New Zealand. Torrential rain fell over many parts of the country inundating farmland from Northland to Canterbury. Roads in Northland were cut by floodwaters metres deep and the Mangakahia River rose 10 metres above normal. Tragically, [...]
The first test between the All Blacks and the Lions in 1930 was played at Dunedin’s Carisbrook Park just after a snowstorm. Rain started in the morning then turned to snow during the curtain raiser. It became almost impossible to make out the players and some of the crowd went home while others sheltered under [...]