2013 New Zealand winter storm [20 June] it moved across Cook Strait to create a new low just east of Kaikoura... that was the real kick in pants that caused a clockwise circle of wind." -Associate Professor James Renwick at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University has researched how polar conditions affect our weather. "To get an event like this, which is pretty extreme, we need the westerly wind that normally blows across New Zealand and the southern oceans to slow down and to buckle into a series of big meanders, north-south waves around the hemisphere." The air was so
Knights of the Southern Cross (New Zealand) Knights of the Southern Cross (New Zealand) The Knights of the Southern Cross (New Zealand) (“KSCNZ”) is a fraternal order of Catholic men committed to promoting the Christian way of life. It is organised in 18 branches throughout the six dioceses of New Zealand. Membership is open to all Roman Catholic males in good standing at least 18 years of age or older. Through the International Alliance of Catholic Knights, the Knights of the Southern Cross (New Zealand) are associated with the Knights of the Southern Cross (Australia), the Knights of Columbus, the Knights of Saint Columbanus, the Knights of