As we all know there’s a bit of healthy competition that takes place in some regions for the most sunshine each year and generally it goes to Nelson, Blenheim, Whakatane and with Tauranga sometimes hot on the heels of those 3 centres.

The least amount of sunshine in New Zealand goes to coastal regions such as Dunedin, South Otago and Southland where each year an average of approximately 1600-1800 hours takes place.
There is an increasing band of cloudiness that encroaches into these parts which limits the amount of sun.
So it may seem rather odd that Gore in Eastern Southland has recorded the most sunshine hours in one day.
The brown trout capital of the world set a New Zealand record of 15 hours over a 24 hour period with cloudless skies around the time of the longest day several years ago. 

Now Gore also holds another record, the least amount of sunshine during a month of winter.
Gloomy skies reigned,(or should it be rained?) and only 37 hours of solar energy were recorded, so perhaps that balances things out a little for the southerners.
To give you an idea of how little sunlight that is, that’s just over one hour a day in a calendar month but Londoners might be able to relate to that, as that figure is basically an average during the depths of winter for the English Capital.
No wonder a few people have said that UK winter can be dull and it’s dark as you leave for work and still dark when you get home!