Atmospheric analysis

Atlantis is a 3D, spatially-explicit, trophodynamic ecosystem model that integrates biology, physics, chemistry and human impacts to provide a synoptic view of marine ecosystem function.

This web camera is available thanks to the support of Waikato Regional Council.

New Zealand has low-lying coastal areas that are vulnerable to inundation (flooding) by the sea.

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?

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Once eels become migrants (also known as tuna heke or tuna whakaheke) they stop feeding, and progressively develop the external features that clearly distinguish them from 'feeders'.

NIWA is managed by an Executive Team reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. Science and operational matters are handled by two sub-groups.

All species of freshwater tuna spawn at sea, although the spawning grounds of only four species are known with certainty worldwide.