Figure 2: Maximum 24-hour average PM₁₀ concentrations, New Zealand, measured between 1997 and 2001

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The figure shows the ranges for maximum 24-hour concentrations of PM₁₀ in various towns and cities in New Zealand. The measurements were (in microgrammes of PM₁₀ per cubic metre):

• Auckland: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Hamilton: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Tauranga: 0-50 µg m^-3
• Paengaroa: 0-50 µg m^-3
• Whakatane 51-100 µg m^-3
• Hamilton: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Tokoroa: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Rotorua: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Te Kuiti: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Taupo: 51-100 µg m^-3
• New Plymouth: 0-50 µg m^-3
• Napier: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Otaki: 0-50 µg m^-3
• Masterton: 101-150 µg m^-3
• Upper Hutt: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Wainuiomata: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Lower Hutt: 0-50 µg m^-3
• Picton: 0-50 µg m^-3
• Nelson: 151-200
• Blenheim: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Greymouth: 0-50 µg m^-3
• Rangiora: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Kaiapoi: 151-200 µg m^-3
• Christchurch: 200+ µg m^-3
• Ashburton: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Timaru: 151-200 µg m^-3
• Oamaru: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Arrowtown: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Cromwell: 51-100 µg m^-3
• Alexandra: 151-200 µg m^-3
• Queenstown: 0-50 µg m^-3
• Mosgiel: 50-100 µg m^-3
• Dunedin: 50-100 µg m^-3
• Milton: 50-100 µg m^-3
• Balclutha: 51-100 µg m^-3