Drought forecasting dashboard
NIWA and MPI are working together to develop a new drought forecasting tool. It uses innovative climate modelling, the latest in machine learning and other data-driven techniques to predict rainfall 35 days ahead. It will help farmers and growers better prepare for periods of dryness and drought.
Climate and weather
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NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot25 September 2015A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
The tempers and tantrums of spring
Blog22 September 2015Just as we were ready to dust of our Jandals, you may be wondering why suddenly it feels as though we have been hit with a second winter! -
NIWA science delves into ocean acidification
Media release07 September 2015NIWA scientists are to undertake a major research project to determine how New Zealand’s marine ecosystems are faring under climate change. -
World congress confirms Lauder’s expertise
News article05 June 2015The World Meteorological Organisation Congress has confirmed NIWA's Lauder atmospheric research station as one of Earth's leading providers of upper-air data critical for measuring climate change. -
NIWA Irrimet
NIWA has developed new tools that can help farmers decide when to irrigate or fertilise. -
Lauder technician rediscovers historic data
Media release28 May 2015A climate scientist at NIWA’s Lauder Station research centre in Central Otago has stumbled across the oldest known mid-infrared spectra – scientific readings taken 30 years ago on 29 May 1985. -
Farmers wanted to help NIWA
Media release28 May 2015The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research has developed new tools that can help farmers decide when to irrigate or fertilise. But it needs farmers to test out the tools to ensure they are as practical and easy to use as possible. -
Weather watchers provide invaluable service
News article20 May 2015For almost a century the Mason family of Feilding have been keeping a closer eye on the weather than most people. But now, at 94, Alan Mason is looking for a successor. -
Palaeoclimate
NIWA conducts a wide range of paleoclimate research to help us define and understand what the climate was doing before we had instruments to record it. -
Southern Alps glaciers
Long-term photographic documentation of Southern Alps glacier responses to climate variability and change. -
New Zealand climate
New Zealand climate research in Climate Present and Past focuses on trends, extremes, and variability of rainfall, temperature and atmospheric circulation. -
People
Key people involved in Climate Present & Past, including our external research partners.