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Region shaking off winter blues - near-record warmth on Sunday

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Kōwhai in full bloom herald the first day of calendar spring. This mature tree at Makaraka budded and came into bloom over the latter warm and sunny part of August. It has not been in flower this early since the 1980s - and it is Māori tradition that it is a sign of a good summer ahead. Photo / R Handford

While the rest of the North Island was buffeted by wind and rain, the start of spring saw near-record warmth for the Tairāwhiti region.   

As August ended and Sunday marked the first day of calendar spring, warm northwesterly winds delivered an official top Gisborne temperature of 22.6C (while Monday hit over 22.3C). 

That would have been a new record if it had still been Au...

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