On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

Atmospheric analysis

NIWA has been using advanced scientific instruments to measure atmospheric trace gases and isotopes for over 50 years.

  • Summer Series Week 2: Sharks of summer

    News article
    Everyone knows they’re out there, but how well do you know your sharks? NIWA looks at four of the most common sharks you’re likely to spot this summer.
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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    Soil moisture levels across the North Island have stayed largely unchanged when compared to this time last week with the exception of the Manawatu-Wanganui region and Central Hawke’s Bay where soil moisture decreased
  • Sir Peter Blake Trust Ambassador Mitchell Chandler - in the field

    Blog
    This past week I have been based in Wellington. My favourite aspect of being here so far has been the field work
  • Summer Series Week 1: A year of weather

    News article
    There were floods, tornados, fires and big waves in another year of big weather for New Zealand. NIWA climate scientists review the inclement highlights month by month.
  • Summer Series 2015

    This is a special series of stories put out to the media in the 2015/2016 summer.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Sir Peter Blake Trust Ambassador Mitchell Chandler — first week at Lauder

    Blog
    I have just completed the first week of my Blake NIWA Ambassadorship down in Lauder.
  • Critter of the Week: More surprising finds from the Kermadecs

    It was only about a year and a half ago that NIWA staff came back from a research voyage to the Kermadec Trench led by their colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
  • Video series on climate change featuring Dr. David Wratt

    One of New Zealand’s leading climate scientist, Dr David Wratt, answers a series of questions about climate change in this new video series by NIWA.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    Soil moisture levels across the North Island have remained largely unchanged when compared to this time last week.
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    Voyage to discover secrets of marine food web

    News article
    Scientists are beginning a voyage to the middle of the marine food web today to find out more about one of the most complex networks on the planet.
  • Critter of the Week: Upogebia hirtifrons - the mud shrimp

    The mud shrimp species Upogebia hirtifrons (White, 1847) is a member of the large and widespread Upogebiidae family.