Atmospheric analysis

A participatory project empowering communities with self-help tools to improve water, sanitation and hygiene.

Annual Climate Summaries from 2000 to present.

Common questions about clouds, how they are formed and how they behave.

What are the potential sources of chemical contamination from agricultural activities?

An unavoidable delay in a research ship’s voyage to Antarctica resulted in some surprising and important findings about the behaviour of emperor penguins.

Pauanui North station

In comparison with regions exposed to the west, Gisborne experiences a greater number of weather and climatic extremes.

NIWA maintains the national climate database for New Zealand, and can supply data in a variety of ways.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is charged with assessing the most up to date scientific, technical and socio-economic research on climate change.

How may agricultural activities increase sediments in waterways?

If you're collecting sea shells at the beach this summer and wondering what they are, NIWA is here to help.

National climate maps