New Zealand records its warmest ever winter with average temperature of 9.8C

The figure for the three months to September was 1.3C above the long-term average and higher than the previous record set in 2020

New Zealand has recorded its warmest ever winter, and scientists say that climate change is driving temperatures ever higher.

For the three months through to the end of August 2021, the average temperature was 9.8C, according to New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.