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Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1982
Ministry for the Environment"Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1982 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Standardised soil moisture deficit 1988-1989
Ministry for the EnvironmentSoil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1973
Ministry for the Environment"Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1973 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1977
Ministry for the Environment"Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1977 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Irrigated land area grid APS 2017
Ministry for the EnvironmentThe shapefile provides counts and densities of hectares of actually irrigated land within a hexagonal grid from data derived from the Agricultural Production Survey census final results for 2017. More information on this dataset and how it relates to our environmental reporting indicators and topics can be found in the attached data quality pdf.Created 8 August 2019 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Growing season soil moisture deficit, 1977-1978
Ministry for the EnvironmentSoil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Standardised soil moisture deficit 1999-2000
Ministry for the EnvironmentSoil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Sunshine hours 1974
Ministry for the Environment"Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows annual sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1974 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January-December). The National Institute of...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Growing season soil moisture deficit, 2004-2005
Ministry for the EnvironmentSoil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1979
Ministry for the Environment"Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1979 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Growing season soil moisture deficit, 2001-2002
Ministry for the EnvironmentSoil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Benzene concentrations in Hamilton, 2003–16
Ministry for the EnvironmentBenzene is a volatile organic compound (VOC) that is common in the air. Motor vehicles are benzene’s primary emission source (Guerreiro, Foltescu, & de Leeuw, 2014; Weisel, 2010) although burning wood or coal for home heating, volcanoes, and forest fires also emit benzene. Benzene is a human carcinogen (World Health Organization Regional Office for...Created 6 December 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Standardised soil moisture deficit 1978-1979
Ministry for the Environment"Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Growing season soil moisture deficit, 1985-1986
Ministry for the EnvironmentSoil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Standardised soil moisture deficit 1973-1974
Ministry for the EnvironmentSoil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Growing season soil moisture deficit, 1994-1995
Ministry for the EnvironmentSoil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1997
Ministry for the Environment"Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1997 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Total suspended particulate matter concentrations at Penrose, Auckland, 1965–16
Ministry for the EnvironmentTotal suspended particulate matter (TSP) consists of solid and liquid airborne particles that are smaller than 100 micrometres in diameter. Although, by weight, it is dominated by the larger particles it does also include the PM10 and PM2.5 sub-fractions that are responsible for most health effects, such as respiratory and cardiovascular disease, and some...Created 6 December 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 2001
Ministry for the Environment"Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 2001 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019 -
Growing season soil moisture deficit, 1996-1997
Ministry for the EnvironmentSoil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 8 August 2019