Atmospheric analysis

NIWA is working with major Chinook salmon producers to explore alternative farming technologies that circumvent the need for additional inshore marine farming space.

NIWA is leading a New Zealand partnership to map the South and West Pacific Ocean's seabed as part of a worldwide initiative to map the entire globe’s seafloor.

This Toolbox helps you find out about the changing climate, what it might mean for your business, organisation or community.

NIWA is working on macroalgae and microalgae with a wide range of stakeholders, government agencies, current clients and potential partners.

We offer a range of ecological monitoring tools.

Hottest, coldest, wettest, driest, sunniest, windiest...which places hold the record for climate extremes in NZ?

NIWA provides online access to major climate and environmental monitoring systems, databases and forecasting tools.

NIWA's long-running 'seven-station' series shows NZ's average annual temperature has increased by about 1°C over the past 100 years.

Using its broad base of capability, NIWA is creating a new aquaculture species for New Zealand - hāpuku - for sale in the world's fine dining sector.

Air temperature, rainfall, soil moisture and river flow predictions for the coming season.

The Baring Head station, which overlooks Cook Strait, has been operating since 1972 and the data collected there makes significant contributions to our global understanding of greenhouse gases.

Climate Observations is a core-funded project under our Future Climate Flagship Programme.  Our work explores recent instrumental data, historical observations and natural archives to track variability and changes in climate.