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.

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    Critter of the week - What’s for dinner? Parazoanthus and Nyctiphanes

    Award-winning underwater photographer Richie Robinson spotted this little common euphausid shrimp Nyctiphanes half emerging from a polyp of the zoanthid at the Poor Knights Islands.
  • Ocean acidification - What does it mean for Shellfish?

    This video has been produced to highlight ocean acidification as a potential issue affecting the NZ shellfish aquaculture industry
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    Ocean acidification - what does it mean for shellfish?

    News article
    A video has been produced to show how NIWA and a range of partners are collaborating to understand global ocean acidification and how increasing ocean acidity is affecting shellfish and the aquaculture industry.
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    Scientist plumb depths in search of clues to the earth’s climate

    News article
    NIWA scientists are this month launching some cutting-edge technology capable of finding out what's going on at the bottom of the ocean.
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    Vehicle Ventilation Model.

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    Prime Minister inspects NIWA product at Fieldays

    News article
    Prime Minister John Key and Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce had a surprise meeting at NIWA's Fieldays stand today.
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    Off to Fieldays? We don’t want to dampen your spirits but…

    News article
    NIWA has a message for opening day visitors to the rural sector’s biggest event of the year: go prepared.
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    Southern Alps focus for large international science experiment

    News article
    NIWA scientists are this month taking a significant role in one of the largest science experiments to take place in New Zealand.
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    Northern-hemisphere fossil discovered living in New Zealand

    News article
    A marine animal thought to have been extinct for four million years has been found alive and well and living near Picton.
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    NIWA scientists make waves about sea ice

    News article
    NIWA scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding one of the key processes driving changes in sea ice.
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    Joint New Zealand - German 3D survey reveals massive seabed gas hydrate and methane system

    News article
    A joint New Zealand-German research team has discovered a huge network of frozen methane and methane gas in sediments and in the ocean near New Zealand’s east coast.