Balanced News: Marine heatwave and La Niña brings record-high temperatures for Greymouth

Parts of the South Island are seeing record high temperatures, while North Island braces for the impacts of Cyclone Hale. “It’ll be another very warm day today for the South Island, in particular the interior parts, so Southland interior, Otago, the aforementioned West Coast region.” We can confirm that Greymouth, West Coast had its hottest temperature on record (since at least 1947) on Sunday, reaching 30.9˚C