Atmospheric analysis

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

On 29 September 2015 the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rt Hon John Key, announced a new Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary stretching from Raoul Island in the north to L’Esperance Rock in the south – covering an area of 620,000 square kilometres of ocean.

The Southwestern Pacific OBIS Node site is a gateway to marine biodiversity data from Antarctica to as far north as Fiji.

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.