Atmospheric analysis

This is the standard precision instrument NIWA uses throughout New Zealand in the National Climate Network, and elsewhere, for rainfall measurement.

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

When soils erode, sediments are washed into waterways.

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NIWA develops and supplies custom software for environmental analysis and modelling.

Reports produced by NIWA’s air quality research.

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

At the age of seven, NIWA’s youngest climate scientist, Nava Fedaeff, swapped sub-arctic Siberia for balmy Auckland – and her first job was to learn to swim.

Mountainous/Alpine regions
Mount Cook
Mountainous areas are subject to heavy snowfalls, high winds, and low temperatures. Semi-permanent snow and ice fields exist at about 1000-1100 metres during winter. Anticyclones often bring settled weather in summer, but clear cold conditions in winter with severe frost. Winter and spring are usually more unsettled than summer and autumn.
Average Rainfall and Temperature
Mount Cook
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Aotearoa’s main urban areas cover approximately 2% of total available land.

A decision framework has been developed that provides for a balanced and justifiable prioritisation of sustainable adaptations to climate change and which is flexible to change.

NIWA makes a range of trace gas data freely available on our FTP site.