Atmospheric analysis

Estuaries are at the bottom of the freshwater drainage network and, effectively, are a part of it.

There are two species of kōura or freshwater crayfish in Aotearoa.

All aspects of the climate of Canterbury are dominated by the influence of the Southern Alps on the prevailing westerly airflows.

Waterways can easily become contaminated by pathogens when effluent is discharged nearby.

The Statement of Core Purpose spells out why the Government owns Crown Research Institutes and what it expects from them.

As much of this climate zone is sheltered by high country to the west, south and in some areas to the east, it is the sunniest region of New Zealand.

NIWA collects wave data, develops and verifies wave forecasting systems, and is developing and producing wave projections.

NIWA expends considerable effort on determining the age of commercial fish species. But why age a fish? And how do we do it?

NIWA operates about 30 other Maritime New Zealand-certified vessels based at Bream Bay, Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Turangi, Wellington, Nelson, Greymouth, Tekapo, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

Casal2 is an advanced software package developed by NIWA for modelling the population dynamics of marine species.