At Christmas time it is summer here. We have summer in about November and it ends in about mid-March. May. Winter starts in June and will end in September. Then Spring starts in September then back to Summer again. Summer is quite hot here, it stays around 25-30 degrees Celsius.
Winter is really cold and it gets quite windy.
Snow falls in the South Island of New Zealand and in some areas of the North Island. The Kiwi is a flightless bird with wings the size of your little finger. It burrows under the ground during the day and it comes out at night. The Kiwi represents New Zealand because you can only find this bird here in Aotearoa. Take a look at the Fabulous Kakapo pages.