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Dr Nick Cradock-Henry, Senior Scientist, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, comments:
“The prospect of higher-than-average temperatures and lower rainfall than normal, for parts of the South Island, highlight again, the climate-related challenges for primary industries and rural communities. For example, drought has been a recurring feature of farming in North Canterbury over the last decade, overlapping with both the Kaikoura-Marlborough-Hurunui earthquake (2016) and
Mycoplasma bovis (
M. bovis), a bacterial disease affecting dairy and beef cattle, which resulted in a major biosecurity hazard and response (2017).
“Farms are often set up to cope with one, or even two, ‘difficult years.’ Repeated, or prolonged dry conditions, however, exacerbate existing vulnerabilities, placing undue pressure on household finances, personal relationships, livestock, and other aspects of the production system.
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 12:14 pm
New Zealand may be heading into a dry
winter following a month of near record-breaking dry patches
across the country. So what are the flow-on effects if
nature’s taps stay turned off over the cold
season?
The SMC asked experts to comment on how the
potential dry season may affect the following sectors in New
Zealand:
1. Rural communities and agriculture
2.
Hydro energy production
Dr Nick
Cradock-Henry, Senior Scientist, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare
Research, comments:
“The prospect of
higher-than-average temperatures and lower rainfall than
normal, for parts of the South Island, highlight again, the
climate-related challenges for primary industries and rural
It represented years of accumulated knowledge passed down, he said. Last year Malcolm won the emerging leader category at the New Zealand Biosecurity Awards, in recognition of his work helping Māori entities protect their environment and ensuring Māori have a say in how other agencies protect the environment. “I was fortunate to be raised in te ao Māori, so when I hear others talk about ‘science’ and ‘mātauranga’ as two trains of thought, I am always of the opinion that they are one and the same. Our cultural and social values underpin our economy and I want to help others appreciate that.”