That's great, thanks indeed. It is really handy to be able to dip into any given month/year when one is curious and compare it with current conditions.

Thank you both, much appreciated. I haven't been idle in the interim - first finishing updates to rainfall monthly tables for 120-odd NZ stations - adding in 2012-2016, which took a long while on an ad hoc basis - a fairly boring task to complete. Also getting some more data for the (in)famous Cropp Waterfall site and completing some analyses of it - have already discovered new records for NZ highest 24-hour and 48-hour rainfalls, which NIWA hasn't updated yet on a page where they list extremes. When I have the latest rain data I will mention these. And of course - having a life enjoying summer activities!