Atmospheric analysis

NIWA scientists are now analysing data gathered from an air quality pilot experiment in Rangiora that could revolutionise the way communities can measure and control pollution.

A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A paper has just been published this month revealing the exciting discovery of an undescribed species of clam from the family Vesicomyidae.

Recreational fishers in the Marlborough Sounds, Tasman and Golden Bays are being approached at boat ramps in the region in the hope they will provide information on their catches for a research survey.

Moored underwater cameras have exposed the secret lives of orange roughy nearly 900 metres below the ocean surface.

Just as we were ready to dust of our Jandals, you may be wondering why suddenly it feels as though we have been hit with a second winter!

Although it boasts a pretty nice pair of antlers, you won’t be seeing today’s critter pulling Santa’s sled anytime soon, being a small crab that lives at great depths.

The NIWA Biodiversity Memoir series comprises comprehensive, definitive, illustrated reference works that capture the rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific study of New Zealand’s distinctive marine fauna and flora.

On this page you will find useful information and resources on New Zealand's marine flora and invertebrate fauna.

This week we re-visit a recent blog featuring some new nematode worm species discovered at Hataitai beach in Wellington.

New Zealand economists and NIWA have counted the economic benefits from investing in environmental research.

Where in New Zealand might you find a witchy finger sponge or a pie-crust crab? The answer will be found in New Zealand’s first series of electronic identification guides for marine invertebrates.