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In the North Island there are two mountains which because of their height, have some permanent snow, Mt Egmont, and Mt Ruapehu.

In the South Island there are many chains of 'permanent snow' mountains. Too many individual mounts to mention.

In winter we have snow, occasionally to sea level in the South, for the latitude goes up to about 47o. Naturally our seasons are six months out of sync with the Northern Hemisphere.

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