Atmospheric analysis

As this region is sheltered by high country to the south and east, it has less wind than many other parts of New Zealand.

This lesson will explore the use of Māori environmental indicators [tohu] to anticipate local weather and climate conditions.

Commercial eel fishery in New Zealand began in earnest in the 1960s and expanded rapidly until the early 1970s

NIWA has developed a real time UV display in consultation with the Cancer Society and Sunsmart.

Find out more about emergent aquatic plants.

Identifying biological factors that may be limiting fish numbers requires sampling to ensure that key invertebrate prey species are not scarce and that pest fish, especially predators, are not abundant.

View annual, seasonal and monthly summaries of temperature, rainfall and sunshine data from across New Zealand.

Southland is both the most southerly and most westerly part of New Zealand and generally is the first to be influenced by weather systems moving onto the country from the west or south.

Ideas for projects using climate data