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Hotspot Watch 23 October 2025
Hotspot23 October 2025A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
Hotspot Watch 16 October 2025
Hotspot17 October 2025A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
Hotspot Watch 9 October 2025
Hotspot09 October 2025A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
Hotspot Watch 2 October 2025
Hotspot03 October 2025A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
Warming oceans prompt major overhaul of how we monitor El Niño and La Niña
Media release01 October 2025Global warming is changing how we monitor one of the world’s biggest climate drivers, says Earth Sciences New Zealand. -
This year’s winter snow ‘abysmal’ for many
Media release04 September 2025Winter snowfall was well below average for much of the country, says Earth Sciences New Zealand. -
Rain from tropical cyclones to increase under warmer climate
Media release07 August 2025New high-resolution modelling predicts that rainfall from tropical cyclones will significantly increase under global warming. -
Extreme atmospheric rivers could double in future climate
Media release18 March 2025New Zealand could face twice as many of the most extreme atmospheric rivers by the end of the century. -
New Zealand Reanalysis (NZRA) dataset
Research ProjectNIWA has produced a high-resolution regional atmospheric reanalysis dataset, the New Zealand Reanalysis (NZRA). -
NIWA can help you leverage updated climate projections
ServiceNIWA is using updated climate projections to help New Zealanders better understand climate-related risks. -
Climate changes, impacts and implications for New Zealand
Research ProjectThe Climate Changes, Impacts & Implications project ran from 2012 to 2016 and aimed to update and improve projections of climate trends, variability and extremes across New Zealand out to 2100. -
Marine heatwave conditions forming: NIWA
Media release18 November 2020NIWA forecasters say a marine heatwave is forming around parts of New Zealand after sea surface temperatures (SSTs) warmed considerably last month.
