"December 2017."

Climate Change Adaptation Technical Working Group members: Dr Judy Lawrence (Co-Chair), Penny Nelson (Co-Chair), Frances Sullivan, Principal Policy Advisor, LGNZ, James Hughes, Climate and Resilience Specialist, Tonkin + Taylor, Bryce Davies, Senior Manager Government and Stakeholder Relations, IAG, Bruce Wills, farmer and businessman, Sam Dean, Chief Scientist, Climate and Atmosphere Centre, NIWA, Kirk Hope, Chief Executive of BusinessNZ, Tina Porou, Lead Technical Advisor to the Iwi Advisors Group, Dr Gavin Palmer, Director – Engineering, Hazards and Science, Otago Regional Council.

This Stocktake Report constitutes the Interim Report of the Climate Change Adaptation Technical Working Group as per their terms of reference.

1. New Zealand’s climate is changing -- 2. Climate-related changes New Zealand can expect -- 3. The impacts of climate-related changes for New Zealand -- 4. Defining effective adaptation -- 5. Stocktake of what New Zealand sectors are doing to adapt to climate change -- 6. Current gaps in knowledge and work programmes and overall summary of the New Zealand stocktake -- 7. Next steps -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: Terms of Reference -- Appendix 2: Societal sectors and sub-sectors -- Appendix 3: Stakeholders we engaged with -- Appendix 4: Adaptation research and information -- Appendix 5: Central government frameworks and tools on adaptation -- Appendix 6: What are other countries doing? -- Appendix 7: Climate change published reports.

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