Atmospheric analysis

Downloadable and printable guides on identification of common freshwater invertebrates found in New Zealand waterways and lakes.

NIWA’s Stream Health Monitoring Assessment Kit (SHMAK) gives land owners, iwi, school and community groups simple, scientifically-sound tools and resources to monitor the ecological health of New Zealand’s streams.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

We are now halfway through our Antarctic mission and the past two and a half weeks have been marked by feelings of excitement, anticipation, and trepidation.

January was Auckland's wettest month since records began, according to meteorologists.

A NIWA-led research programme developing a system to map flood hazard consistently across the whole country.

RiskScape is a software application for analysing natural hazard consequences.

Balancing the sustainability of our fisheries stocks and the impacts of fishing on the environment with the economic opportunities

NIWA is determining the impact of fisheries on the aquatic environment. This will inform an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management and the development methods to mitigate this impact.

NIWA aims to develop and apply standardised methodologies to monitor and assess international fisheries outside the New Zealand EEZ and determine the environmental effects of fishing in these areas.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

Climate has always been important for Māori. It affects natural environmental systems and resources, influences social-ecological knowledge and practice, shapes community vulnerability and resilience.