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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    Cropping activities

    The land used to produce crops is usually flat to gently rolling so it can be tilled, sowed, and harvested.
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    Sediment and forestry

    How may forestry activities increase sediments in waterways?
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    Climate stations and instruments

    We can supply a wide range of weather or climate monitoring instruments from single parameter sensors to fully equipped and installed climate stations.
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    Our management

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

    Banded kōkopu juveniles are very good climbers and will try to escape from buckets by clinging to and wriggling up the sides.
  • QGIS

    QGIS is a free, open source, desktop mapping tool, widely used in New Zealand in government, research, commercial and NGO arenas.
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    Mining activities

    A range of different mining techniques have been developed to obtain these valuable resources
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    Annual reports

    Digital copies of all our annual reports published since 2011.
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    Using trigonometric functions to model climate

    Education Resource
    Your task is to create a model of the data to predict the times during the year that a location would be pleasant to visit
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    Al Brown's Hapuku Recipe

    Al Brown is an award-winning chef, co-owner of Wellington’s Logan Brown restaurant, television presenter on Hunger for the Wild, writer, and fisherman.
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    Shortjaw kōkopu

    Has a receding lower jaw and black spots behind the head.
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    Lake Ōmāpere and the Utakura River

    Tuna harvested from Lake Ōmāpere and Utakura River catchment have long comprised an important fishery for tangata whenua.