Ask and ye shall receive:
NZ glaciers still shrinking — NIWA
(Full disclosure: I am a Kiwi and NIWA has no credibility with me — DHTH)
They did not mention that there's a constant sublimation rate (depending, of course, on the average air pressure at a given elevation), and they didn't tell us what particular factor was more important.
With Antarctic ice range increasing, all that humidity that's supposed to be in those warm, moist winds is going somewhere ~ and it's not toward the Equatorial latitudes Fur Shur.
New Zealand is rapidly heading into severe drought country down the road if the warm, moist winds don't come back.
The kiwi is doomed!~