Phillip Duncan: WeatherWatch head forecaster on NIWA acquiring MetService
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
A weather expert says creating one state weather forecasting system is the right decision.
The Government's announced it's agreed in-principle to NIWA acquiring MetService - merging the two.
Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins says streamlining the two will make it easier to access information from a single trusted source and improve response to severe weather events.
WeatherWatch head forecaster Phillip Duncan told Ryan Bridge that it’s been a bit of a weird journey to get to this point, but it’s definitely the right thing.
He said that a government having two opposing agencies doing weather forecasts and saying different things is a recipe for disaster.
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