Without a doubt, global warming is man-made — that is, not the actual temperature trends but the data showing an alleged warming trend have been manipulated to show the desired trend.

The example indicated here illustrates willful and systematic temperature data manipulation by NIWA (the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research).  Although the example originates in New Zealand, many of the climate “skeptics” websites that came into existence were created because of concerns that the temperature data manipulations appear to be all-pervasive, involving global temperature data.

Uh, oh – raw data in New Zealand tells a different story than the “official” one.
25 11 2009

Reposted from TBR.cc Investigate magazine’s breaking news forum:

New Zealand’s NIWA accused of CRU-style temperature faking

The New Zealand Government’s chief climate advisory unit NIWA is under fire for allegedly massaging raw climate data to show a global warming trend that wasn’t there.

The scandal breaks as fears grow worldwide that corruption of climate science is not confined to just Britain’s CRU climate research centre…. ([1] Full Story)