Norwester - Wind of Contrasts

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Title

Norwester - Wind of Contrasts

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This documentary, made by TVNZ’s Natural History Unit (now NHNZ), charts the progress of the nor'west wind from its formation in the Tasman Sea across the Southern Alps to the Canterbury Plains and the east coast of the South Island. Along the way it dumps metres of precipitation on West Coast rain forest and snow on the Alps, then transforms to a dry, hot wind racing across the Plains. The film shows the wind's impact on the ecosystem and farming and muses on the mysterious effect it can hav...

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Video

Date created

1990

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/norwester-wind-of-contrasts-1990

Related subjects

orographic rainfall / precipitation / rain / rainfall / meteorology / shelter belts / crops / farming / sheep farming / gliding / gliders / harrier hawk / gulls / pied stilts / terns / nor'west arch / pine cones / pine trees / landscapes / glacial lakes / braided rivers / beech forest / mt cook lily / mount cook lily / cumulus / cirrus / grasslands / tussock / glaciers / glacier / shags / native birds / birds / breeding colony / heron / white heron / whitebaiting / flooding / ecosystem / whitebait / keruru / kowhai / tui / pukeko / paradise ducks / farmland / rainforest / clouds / cloud formations / northwesterly / nor-wester / northwester / nor’wester / cesimic / ceismic

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