Posted 25 November 2009 (updated 30 Nov)

"There have been strident claims that New Zealand is warming. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), among other organisations and scientists, allege that, along with the rest of the world, we have been heating up for over 100 years. But now, a simple check of publicly-available information proves these claims wrong. In fact, New Zealand’s temperature has been remarkably stable for a century and a half. So what’s going on?"  Researchers find records adjusted to represent 'warming' when raw data show temperatures have been stable.

LINK to download pdf file

NIWA's response:  LINK 

Coalition welcomes NIWA commitment to 'robust information':  LINK 

Comment in Australia - Quadrant   LINK 

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