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From: T Dobbie <[FOI #27775 email]>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2024 6:16 PM
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Rainfall for Christchurch City

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Dear Christchurch City Council,

I refer to your Environment - Climate Action - How it's affecting us page...

Please provide the following data:

1. Base data for the rainfall predictions for Christchurch by month, and

2. any terms of reference and assumptions to predict these expectations, and

3. source of the data.

Data is required by month and needs to include dates or period of the source data, along with noting of any of the station/s used to obtain this data.

Yours faithfully,

T Dobbie

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Dear T Dobbie,

 

I refer to your request for:

 

Dear Christchurch City Council,

I refer to your Environment - Climate Action - How it's affecting us
page...

Please provide the following data:

1. Base data for the rainfall predictions for Christchurch by month, and

2. any terms of reference and assumptions to predict these expectations,
and

3. source of the data.

Data is required by month and needs to include dates or period of the
source data, along with noting of any of the station/s used to obtain this
data.

 

Council Response

This data came from a report commissioned by Environment Canterbury (and
is on their website [1]here as well as being cited in [2]Its Time
Canterbury).  It was integrated into the Council’s first [3]District Risk
Screening.

 

The original reference is:

Macara, G., Wolley, J. m., Pearse, P., Wadhwa, S., Zammit, C., Sood, A., &
Stevens, S. (2020). Climate Change Projections for the Canterbury Region
(Report No. 2019339WN). National Institute of Water and Atmospheric
Research Ltd.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[4]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards,

Sean

 

 

Sean Rainey
Manager Official Information and Privacy Officer
Official Information Team

Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

 

 

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