Sunshine hours. Not number one but a lot of the region sees between 2000 and 2200 sunshine hours per year on average." Sunshine hours: 2041 hours (one of the highest areas in NZ in 2018, according to Niwa). Sunshine hours: 1949 sunshine hours. Sunshine hours: 2215 hours.

Source: Stuff July 20, 2019 03:33 UTC