According to the country's official, Niwa-run "seven stations" temperature series, which Salinger pioneered, 2020 was New Zealand's seventh warmest in 110 years. New Zealand's official average temperature for 2020 - calculated using the seven-station series - proved the seventh warmest on record. Image / SuppliedSalinger said a wider picture could be seen when more climate stations and ocean temperatures were added. The resources it depended on were being increasingly threatened by rising ocean temperatures. Salinger noted that a La Nina system had an influence on 2020's ocean temperatures.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 18, 2021 00:56 UTC