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17 December 2020

Government scientists commemorated their 2020 award winners at the annual Science New Zealand awards celebration at Parliament recently. This video, produced by the NIWA Communications Team with material from all the CRIs, demonstrates our science working for all New Zealanders.

2020 in top 10 warmest years for New Zealand

3 December 2020
This year is on track to be one of New Zealand’s top 10 warmest on record, according to NIWA forecasters.
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Fiordland air sharing secrets with scientist

25 November 2020
Peter Sperlich needs a strong south-westerly and a cast iron stomach for his next scientific mission.
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18 November 2020
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Marine heatwave conditions forming: NIWA

NIWA forecasters say a marine heatwave is forming around parts of New Zealand after sea surface temperatures (SSTs) warmed considerably last month.
12 November 2020
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Chance find leads to first look at coral larvae

Small orange flecks spotted floating around in a respiration chamber at a NIWA laboratory have led to a discovery about the spawning habits of a deep-sea stony coral in New Zealand waters.
29 October 2020
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Subterranean sensing

Once a year, technicians from NIWA’s North Island Field Team don helmets and head lamps to check a network of CO2 sensors in the world-renowned Waitomo Caves. The sensors help make sure that heavy breathing visitors aren’t wrecking the caves’ precious natural structures and microclimate.
15 October 2020
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Rare underwater find for NIWA photographer

A NIWA marine ecologist has added his name to a very short list of people worldwide who have seen—and photographed the elusive football octopus.
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Rangi - weather and climate lessons for teachers

Developed for teachers, these lessons offer intermediate age students an engaging and interactive way to learn about Aotearoa’s wild and mild weather and climate patterns.

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Hoki eggs reveal their secrets

10 December 2020

A team of NIWA scientists, students and representatives from Fisheries NZ spent 6 days in the Cook Strait carrying out experimental work on hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) to better understand their biology and improve abundance indices. 

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Tracking our ocean wanderers

Tracking our ocean wanderers

28 July 2020
Albatrosses may be masters of the skies, but they are surprisingly vulnerable on the water. Campbell Gardiner talks to two scientists working to keep these magnificent seabirds airborne.

Getting the taste for kingfish

Getting the taste for kingfish

28 July 2020
This award-winning kingfish sashimi dish is creating quite a splash – but it doesn’t come from the sea. We look at NIWA’s latest aquaculture success story and the new opportunities it’s on path to deliver.

Building pathways

Building pathways

28 July 2020
It has been a whirlwind first six months for Ngāpera Keegan and Tekiteora Rolleston-Gabel, the first two young researchers in NIWA’s newly established Māori Graduate Internship Programme.