At this time of year most farmers have one eye on the sky for rain, and the other eye on their drying out pastures or crops.
From my farm, I can see the hills around the Hawke's Bay drying out.
While New Zealand does not have the same bushfire risks our Australian counterparts face, they routinely suffer loss of life and suffer massive property damage in their bushfire season.
I think it's about time everyone took note of how they kept their farms and homes and start to get in good habits when it came to New Zealand's drier months.
Climate change is occurring, and while no one has the clear concrete specifics of how that will look for each region, enough experts have said we can expect to see the weather become more extreme, so we need to get our communities into good habits.