New Zealand's flu season hard to predict, despite high case numbers in US
While the US saw a particularly tough season, it doesn't always translate to the Southern Hemisphere, says Dr Richard Webby.
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NZ's glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice—as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change
Snow and ice are also culturally and economically important in New Zealand. Winter snow draws skiers and alpinists to the mountains, while the glaciers of the central Southern Alps are ...
NZ forestry faces winter challenges amid stable log prices - Marcus Musson
There are reports of pressure on the in-market sales prices (even though some exporters pushed for increases in March) and ...
New Zealand Glaciers Lose One-Third Ice, Transforming Landscapes
New Zealand is tracking glacial ice loss closely, thanks to a long-running monitoring programme going back to 1977. Each year, a team of scientists carries out aerial surveys of the end-of-summer ...
Melting glaciers changing New Zealand’s landscapes, lives
As warming temperatures melt glaciers, the ice loss has repercussions for climate and water cycles. This in turn has significant impact on landscapes, rivers, ecosystems people and economies ...
New Zealand PGA Championship: Tyler Hodge could end his pro career
Peake (-1) couldn’t reproduce the magic of Queenstown and missed the cut after a 72-71, while New Zealand’s recent PGA Tour ...
Napier skier Tim Clayton aims for gold at Special Olympics World Winter Games in Italy
I love the speed,” says Clayton, who has only one goal in Turin: “I’m hellbent on winning gold. To do that would be ...
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NZ’s glaciers have already lost nearly third of their ice – as more vanishes, landscapes, lives change
New Zealand ranks third globally in the proportion of ice lost from glaciers. Almost 30 per cent of ice volume has melted during the past 24 years and what remains is disappearing at an accelerating ...