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Citation

Ministry for the Environment & Stats NZ (2017). New Zealand’s Environmental Reporting Series: Our atmosphere and climate 2017. Retrieved from www.mfe.govt.nz and www.stats.govt.nz.

Published in October 2017 by
Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ

Publication number: ME 1332

ISSN: 2382-0179 (online)
ISSN: 2463-3038 (print)
ISBN: 978-1-98-852521-1 (online)
ISBN: 978-1-98-852523-5 (print)

Cover image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center.