Hawke's Bay drought 2013
Hawke's Bay is one part of New Zealand which gets very dry over the summer months, but in 2012/13 it is exceptionally dry. Hawke's Bay has clocked up six consecutive months of below-average rainfall to the end of February. Heretaunga Plains was the lowest, recording 25 per cent of normal rainfall.
Image 1 of 17: PARCHED: A picture of arid Hawke's Bay taken on February 8 from the International Space Station. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield regularly takes photos of cities and countries from space and posts them on his Twitter account.
