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![Drought provides challenges to hunters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Drought provides challenges to hunters
Drought throughout the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Auckland and Northland has dried up the water where ducks usually dwell.
![Farmers' economic confidence improves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Farmers' economic confidence improves
Farmers' economic confidence improved in the first months of 2010, boosted by sheep and beef prices.
![<i>Weather Watch</i>: Auckland's water crisis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
<i>Weather Watch</i>: Auckland's water crisis
Weather analyst Philip Duncan can't believe Aucklanders are being asked to conserve water.
![Final curtain call for north's long summer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Final curtain call for north's long summer
Annie Drew and her girls enjoyed a late season splash at the beach yesterday as the North Island's seemingly never-ending summer pushed on.
![Drought creates feed shortage for winter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Drought creates feed shortage for winter
The drought hitting Northland farmers could not get much more serious, Federated Farmers says.
![Downpours 'no drought breaker'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Downpours 'no drought breaker'
Forecasters and frustrated farmers say short bursts of heavy showers yesterday will do little to break droughts.
![Rain coming, but then it's back to the drought](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Rain coming, but then it's back to the drought
Parts of the drought-stricken north are expected to get their first rain in more than two months, but forecasters warn they are unlikely to be the end of the drought.
![Lions' larder restocked with fresh meat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Lions' larder restocked with fresh meat
Kenyan authorities have begun a plan to restore the predator-prey balance in one of the country's premier game parks after a recent drought.
![Storms set scene for taste of the tropics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Storms set scene for taste of the tropics
Unsettled conditions could mark a turning point for our summer weather, forecasters say.