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Dunedin's rainfall is influence by the Southern Alps.

Most of NZ's weather comes from the west so to reach Dunedin the rain has to pass over the West Coast and the Southern Alps and that's where it falls on the West Coast and the mountains.

Auckland does not have a mountain range and the rain coming from the west falls when the clouds reach land.

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