I always suspected that NZeders were an irreligious mob. Why not send a couple of our missionaries headed by Pastor Pete Garrett to bring the godless NZeders into the church? He could spread the bien-pensant word on global warming, climate change and those dastardly plastic bags.

NZ govt climate change office is at http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/

Anticipated impact of climate change at http://www.niwa.cri.nz/news/mr/2007/2007-04-10-2

The Crown Research Institutes, of which the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research is one, are collectively roughly equivalent to Australia's CSIRO.

I am not one of those climate change sceptics, but when I lived in NZ in 1973 we had severe power restrictions, largely due to Lake Taupo being very low. So there needs to be a look at the long term figures before drawing any conclusions about whether the current situation is just a seasonal thing or reflecting climate change.

Could it be Hydro like coal, is not the future for power generation?
Get on with it NZ change is never comfortable.
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MikeM,
That 1973 was more drought and localised was it not.This time it is more general accross the country.

Peter,
the lakes and rivers in the South Island are very low. They've had no rain.

It's not climate change the locals say.It's just a natural cycle--every decade or so apparently.

It doesn't look that way to me.