NZ's climate is complex and varies from warm summer in the far north to cool temperate in the far south with severe alpine conditions in the mountains.

Hotter temperatures and heatwaves may bring health issues for vulnerable groups, particularly the elderly and babies, as well as outdoor workers.

It increase:
homes, buildings, and places that are at rick of becoming less livable, damaged, or destroyed-

Also at risk is culture, cultural heritage and associated mātauranga

Homes and buildings are climate resilient and meet social and cultural needs

New and existing places are planned and managed to minimise risks to communities from climate change

Threats to cultural heritage arising from climate change are understood and impacts minimised

Homes, buildings and places also look at responding to risks from the National Climate Change Risk Assessment relating to buildings, Māori wellbeing, and cultural heritage.

Places that are used to getting lots of snow might get more rain instead.

Some ski resorts might have to close because of climate change.

There may be shorter seasons for other cold weather activities, like outdoor ice skating, snowmobiling, and ice fishing.

Higher sea level will mean less space at the beach.

A combination of stronger storms and sea level rise could increase the rate of erosion along the coast, and some beaches could disappear altogether

The climate change can impacted employment across sectors and regions

These impacts will extreme weather events such as droughts, heat waves, heavy precipitation, and increased occurrence and intensity of cyclones, or sea level rise, rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns