The coldest places in New Zealand are in the Central Otago basins, and in the McKenzie basin; both in the South Island. A tiny settlement called Ophir has the cold record, but not impressive by...
Any of a number of alpine lakes in the mountains would be frozen over in the winter. If I had to choose one, I'd plump for Lochnagar in the upper Shotover. because it is at high altitude, and in a...
Depends on where you are. New Zealand has a very variable climate. It stretches from the sub tropical north to cold temperate in the south a distance of more than a thousand miles. There are...