On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

Atmospheric analysis

NIWA has been using advanced scientific instruments to measure atmospheric trace gases and isotopes for over 50 years.

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    Spotted a leopard seal? Scientist seeks sightings

    Media release
    A leopard seal has spent so much time in New Zealand waters she has prompted a NIWA scientist to challenge conventional thinking about the species.
  • NZ’s future scientists show their work in Hamilton

    Media release
    Waikato’s next generation of scientists are showcasing their latest discoveries at this week’s NIWA Waikato Science and Technology Fair in Hamilton.
  • Scientist makes new homes for baby paua

    Media release
    Concrete structures key to restoring the paua population wiped out by earthquake.
  • Breakfast with Ebony - Episode 3

  • Wellington will get significantly warmer, new climate change report shows

    Media release
    Wellington city will have warmer autumns, almost a month of days over 25°C and up to 10 per cent more winter rain by 2090, according to a new NIWA climate report.
  • Climate change and variability - report for the Greater Wellington Region

  • Breakfast with Ebony - Episode 2

  • Climate change will cause more deaths from air pollution, study finds

    Media release
    New research estimates that if climate change goes unchecked 60,000 more people will die globally from air pollution in 2030 – just 13 years away.
  • Acoustic Monitoring of whales and dolphins in New Zealand’s Cook Strait region

    Research Project
    The sounds of whales and dolphins rarely seen in New Zealand waters have been recorded in a pioneering underwater sound project.
  • Breakfast with Ebony - Episode 1

  • Acoustic monitoring of the critically endangered Māui dolphin

    Research Project
    Māui dolphins, a subspecies of Hector’s dolphins, are listed as nationally critical in New Zealand with a population estimate between 57 and 75 dolphins over one year old.
  • Pilot whale calls detected by acoustic recorder stationed in Cook Strait, New Zealand

    Pilot whale (Globicephala sp.) calls detected by acoustic recorder stationed in Cook Strait, New Zealand from December 2016 to January 2017.