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1. Read the text and complete the table. Climate on the South Island Climate on the North Island The sunniest areas and cities of New Zealand mild and temperate, extremely wet subtropical Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch 2. Work in pairs, groups or alone and find some more interesting information about New Zealand’s flora. Present it to the class. About 10–15% of the total land area of New Zealand is covered with native flora, from tall kauri and kohekohe forests to rainforest ominated by rimu, beech, tawa, matai and rata; ferns and flax; dunelands with their spinifex and pingao; alpine and subalpine herb fields; and scrub and tussock.