About NIWA

  • Value of Crown Research Institutes

    2 reports presenting the value of Crown Research Institutes in Aotearoa New Zealand's science system today and pathways to the future.
  • 2021 Annual Report

    Read NIWA's 2020/21 Annual Report and 2021 Year in Review.
  • Researchers produce stunning images

    Media release
    A break in the clouds in a remote Fiordland valley and a chance encounter with a jellyfish under the Antarctic ice provide just some of the highlights from this year’s NIWA Staff Photography competition.
  • Te Kūwaha Graduate Programme

    NIWA's Te Kūwaha Graduate Internship Programme has been established to help address the growing need for scientific skills combined with capability in mātauranga Māori, while supporting and creating visible pathways for the next generation of Māori researchers.
  • 2020 Half Yearly Report

    Read NIWA's 2020 Half Year Report.
  • Summer Series 2020

    This is a special series of stories put out to the media over the 2020/2021 summer.
  • Science for a resilient future

  • 2020 Annual Report

    Read NIWA's 2019/20 Annual Report and 2020 Year in Review.
  • COVID science celebrated

    Media release
    Government scientists commemorated their 2020 award winners at the annual Science New Zealand awards celebration at Parliament last week.
  • Rare underwater find for NIWA photographer

    Media release
    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.
  • NIWA staff photography competition 2020

  • We are NIWA, Taihoro Nukurangi video