Understanding climate and climate change.
Related links
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Climate Change Adaptation Toolbox
ServiceThis Toolbox helps you find out about the changing climate, what it might mean for your business, organisation or community. -
NZ temperature record
Research ProjectThere are many lines of evidence showing that NZ has warmed during the past century. -
National Climate Change Risk Assessment
The NCCRA assessment was commissioned by the Ministry for the Environment and has identified the most significant risks we face from climate change. It will feed into the Government’s national adaptation plan. -
Citizen science – New Zealand rainfall monitoring network
For more than a century, a network of volunteers across New Zealand have been measuring the climate and weather and sending their observations each month to be entered into the New Zealand climate database. -
Climate and Māori Society
Research ProjectClimate has always been important for Māori. It affects natural environmental systems and resources, influences social-ecological knowledge and practice, shapes community vulnerability and resilience. -
My Coastal Futures online game
Education ResourceThe My Coastal Futures game was developed to help people understand climate change impacts and start thinking about how they might adapt. -
New Zealand Drought Monitor
ServiceThe New Zealand Drought Monitor is a system for keeping track of drought conditions across New Zealand based on a standardised climate index. -
Unified Model Partnership – enabling accurate and timely weather and climate forecasting
A partnership that develops one of the world’s foremost weather forecasting and climate prediction systems. -
Common climate and weather terms
Education ResourceConfused about El Niño, or can't tell the difference between an Anticyclone and an Isobar? Let us help. -
Southern Annular Mode
Education ResourceThe Southern Annular Mod is a ring of climate variability that encircles the South Pole and extends out to the latitudes of New Zealand. -
What's average in my region?
One of the top questions NIWA receives about its Seasonal Climate Outlook is: what is below normal / near normal / above average in my region?