The New Zealand Historic Weather Events Catalog

Andrew WatkinsNIWA Systems Development Team

Manager

A Catalog of major weather events in New Zealand over the last 200 years.

Collated from Newspaper reports, books and journals

Identified by location, hazard and impact.

Keyword Search

Hazard and Impact detail

Map View

REST API

• http://hwe.niwa.co.nz/search/summary/Startdate/1900-01-01/Enddate/2011-06-13/Regions/Auckland/Hazards/Tornado/Impacts/Casualties/Keywords/none/page/1

• http://hwe.niwa.co.nz/search/detail/September_2010_New_Zealand_Storm

Bookmark Searches

Bookmark events

XML Under the hood

Try it

• V1 production release July 2011.• http://hwe.niwa.co.nz• Evolutionary, • Designed for downstream use.