{"id":1032,"date":"2011-05-22T22:44:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T21:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/05\/30\/norwest-arch-moncks-bay-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2011-05-30T22:52:59","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T21:52:59","slug":"norwest-arch-moncks-bay-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/05\/22\/norwest-arch-moncks-bay-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Nor’west arch, Moncks Bay, New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Nor'west<\/a>
\nNor’west arch, Moncks Bay, New Zealand<\/a>, a photo by Steph Jennings<\/a> on Flickr.<\/span><\/div>\n

Moncks Bay lies on the main road that runs between the suburbs of Recliffs and Sumner in the Avon Heathcote Estuary.<\/p>\n

The Clouds above the Estuary are the Nor’west arch or Canterbury Arch, a weather pattern particular to the east coast on New Zealand’s south island and is caused by weather systems moving over the southern alps.<\/p>\n

en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nor%27west_arch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nor’west arch, Moncks Bay, New Zealand, a photo by Steph Jennings on Flickr. Moncks Bay lies on the main road that runs between the suburbs of Recliffs and Sumner in the Avon Heathcote Estuary. The Clouds above the Estuary are the Nor’west arch or Canterbury Arch, a weather pattern particular to the east coast on … Continue reading Nor’west arch, Moncks Bay, New Zealand<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[103,1],"tags":[343,344,342,562],"class_list":["post-1032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-wbiagw","tag-nzpicoftheday","tag-new-zealand","tag-photo","tag-photography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6WGy-gE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1033,"url":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/05\/23\/new-brighton-beach-new-zealand\/","url_meta":{"origin":1032,"position":0},"title":"New Brighton Beach, New Zealand","date":"May 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"New Brighton Beach, New Zealand, a photo by Steph Jennings on Flickr.New Brighton is a coastal suburb of Christchurch, lying to the east of the city centre. 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