MetService is New Zealand's designated National Meteorological
Service by the World Meteorological Organisation and the only
authorised provider of severe weather warnings for New Zealand. As
a State-Owned Enterprise its core purpose is to protect the safety
of New Zealanders while operating as an innovative commercial
business. MetService has a long-standing and trusted reputation for
its warnings, scientific expertise, valuable insight and weather
data across New Zealand and the globe.
Communicating the intricacies of the weather is at the heart of
what MetService does both online and in person. As Head of Weather
Communication for MetService Lisa Murray meteorologist and science
communicator, shares her expertise in this book, alongside a number
of the organisation's expert meteorologists and communications
specialist Andrea Tandy. James Renwick, one of New Zealand's
leading climate change commentators provides his insights and
knowledge to help bring this issue to the forefront of this
book.
Natural history writer Gerard Hutching is author of the
award-winning book The Natural World of New Zealand, and numerous
other titles including Back from the Brink and In Search of Ancient
New Zealand (with Hamish Campbell). For New Zealand's Wild Weather
he has woven meteorology with dramatic stories of people impacted
by the country's mercurial climate.
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