I am curious how long the dry spell was across NZ in Feb and March.
My own station recorded 32 days without rain, and I wonder how other places compared specifically for this?
Three stations posted in the "new station records" thread, but I would surprised if it was only these three stations (Reefton, Bishopdale & Hawkes Bay) that broke this particular record over that period.

Also, is there anyway to obtain records from NIWA sites for the same without tediously going through each site individually?

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Probably not ... in times past the longest dry spell cited for a NZ station was over 60 days, can't remember the exact number, in Jan-March 1939 at a station in the Marlborough Sounds. Can't find any reference to it now at the NIWA or MetService websites - they may have dropped it. Perhaps the record was questionable.

Edit - found it at NIWA - didn't scroll down far enough!  :-[

71 days at Wai-Iti, Marlborough, starting 8 February 1939.