I'm not sure how climate change is affecting New Zealand. I noticed one of the rivers not flowing as i flew over the Canterbury plains to Christchurch. Then we have story this about falling levels at Lake Taupo, which feeds the Waikato River hydro system in the North Island. I'm not sure about the South Island.

They--the authorities and press---are talking in terms of drought not climate change though. I would have thought that climate change means that New Zealand is likely to experience more frequent droughts and floods.

Slane, NZ Herald