Your playlist will load after this ad Canterbury was the hottest region, with Ashburton nudging 40 degrees. Source: 1 NEWS
According to NIWA, Cheviot and Akaroa reached all-time record high temperatures with 38 and 37.9 degrees Celcius respectively.
Akaroa s previous all-time high was 35.4, with Cheviot s 37.8 degrees.
According to MetService, Ashburton recorded a 39 degree celsius temperature at Ashburton Airport, while Timaru hit 37.5 degrees Celsius.
Timaru’s January high surpasses the 36.4 degrees recorded at Timaru Airport in 2015. Official temperatures have been recorded there since 1972.
Ashburton’s 39-degree record trumps the 35.9-degree mark recorded there in January 2011, and is the highest temperature ever recorded at the location by MetService.
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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has today reported a breach to one of its data systems in what Governor Adrian Orr called a malicious attack . Source: 1 NEWS
An urgent investigation has been launched after a third party file sharing service used by the bank to share and store some sensitive information was illegally accessed, the Reserve Bank said today in a statement.
Governor Adrian Orr said the breach has since been contained, and the matter is being treated with the highest priority.
“We are working closely with domestic and international cyber security experts and other relevant authorities as part of our investigation and response to this malicious attack. The nature and extent of information that has been potentially accessed is still being determined, but it may include some commercially and personally sensitive