Much is being made of a record-strength El Niño event that could well spell a drier, windier summer for the north and east of New Zealand. But, as a major new assessment shows, it is forming against a backdrop of warming that's pushed the country's climate into "uncharted territory.
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-10-nz-climate-uncharted-territory-extreme.html)