Atmospheric analysis

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

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

About snapper eggs

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

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?

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

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

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

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