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<blockquote data-quote="Stormdale" data-source="post: 7548871" data-attributes="member: 3555"><p>It is far more complicated than that on the mainland- dry east coast, hot deserty dry central regions (MacKenzie Country and Central Otago) Alpine (Southern Alps) and west coast is temperate rainforest (3-6 metres of rainfall on west coast vs about 600mm on east, across the Great Divide).</p><p></p><p>Westerly winds from the Tasman hit the Southern Alps and result in heavy rain on the West Caost- the winds are driven up over the alps and arrive here on the east coast as a hot dry Nor Wester. The South Island also gets cold winds,rain and snow from the Southern Ocean & Antarctica. </p><p></p><p>As for names rather than the extremely original English names- North & South Islands- really, that's the best they could think of? Why not go with the Maori names for the main islands. </p><p></p><p>South Island: Te Waipounamu. It is also called Te waka-o-maui (the waka of Maui). </p><p></p><p>North Island- Te Ika-a-Māui (the fish of Maui)- If you look closely the island is indeed fish shaped. </p><p></p><p>Here is the legend of how Aotearoa was formed: </p><p>The demigod Māui and his brothers were fishing from their canoe (the South Island) when he caught a great fish and pulled it from the sea. While he was not looking his brothers fought over the fish and chopped it up. This great fish became the North Island and thus a Māori name for the North Island is Te Ika-a-Māui ("The Fish of Māui"). The mountains and valleys are believed to have been formed as a result of Māui's brothers' hacking at the fish. </p><p></p><p>Stormdale</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormdale, post: 7548871, member: 3555"] It is far more complicated than that on the mainland- dry east coast, hot deserty dry central regions (MacKenzie Country and Central Otago) Alpine (Southern Alps) and west coast is temperate rainforest (3-6 metres of rainfall on west coast vs about 600mm on east, across the Great Divide). Westerly winds from the Tasman hit the Southern Alps and result in heavy rain on the West Caost- the winds are driven up over the alps and arrive here on the east coast as a hot dry Nor Wester. The South Island also gets cold winds,rain and snow from the Southern Ocean & Antarctica. As for names rather than the extremely original English names- North & South Islands- really, that's the best they could think of? Why not go with the Maori names for the main islands. South Island: Te Waipounamu. It is also called Te waka-o-maui (the waka of Maui). North Island- Te Ika-a-Māui (the fish of Maui)- If you look closely the island is indeed fish shaped. Here is the legend of how Aotearoa was formed: The demigod Māui and his brothers were fishing from their canoe (the South Island) when he caught a great fish and pulled it from the sea. While he was not looking his brothers fought over the fish and chopped it up. This great fish became the North Island and thus a Māori name for the North Island is Te Ika-a-Māui ("The Fish of Māui"). The mountains and valleys are believed to have been formed as a result of Māui's brothers' hacking at the fish. Stormdale [/QUOTE]
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