A warmer atmosphere and ocean means stronger winds can circulate around the world and impact exposed places.
Christchurch typically gets an average of 121 windy days per year, when the wind speed exceeds 36 kilometres per hour.
Wind speeds may increase up to 10% by 2100, and we could see more hot, dry winds from the northwest.
Christchurch City Council is taking to the skies to get a clearer picture of how parts of the district’s coastline are being changed by storms.
3 Jul 2025Stage two of the Addington Brook renewal programme in South Hagley Park is well underway, with half of the earthworks and all of the tree removals now completed.
9 Jun 2025The once mighty Papanui Bush stood proudly as a 30-hectare remnant of the Canterbury Plains.
4 Jun 2025