Atmospheric analysis

A list of some of the questions we get asked most frequently. If you don't see your question answered here, please get in touch.

Farmers are making business decisions everyday which are influenced by environmental factors. We can help farmers to improve decision-making, mitigate farm environment risk, and to become more productive, efficient, competitive and sustainable.

Dairy farms operate to maximise milk production

How can mining activities influence sediments in waterways?

Climate data and common terms explaining the causes and effects of climate change.

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

NIWA is today issuing some scientific information on the parasite Bonamia ostreae, recently discovered in Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island, and the risk it poses to the Bluff oyster fishery.

This daily image of New Zealand from space was created using data from one of NASA's EOS satellites, collected at our receiving station in Lauder, Central Otago.

Learn how to use the New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database (NZFFD)

This manual prescribes a set of sampling and analysis protocols applicable to most of the common stream habitats in New Zealand.

A high proportion of New Zealand’s native freshwater fish fauna need to migrate to and from the sea.