Coasts

This web camera is available thanks to the support of Waikato Regional Council.

Hydrocarbons, although requiring increasingly responsible use, are still an essential part of our modern economy. NIWA has provided survey and consultancy services related to the exploration of offshore mineral resources for thirty years.

The condition of many NZ lakes is under threat from land-use changes and the invasion of alien aquatic plants.

Ocean acidification is the name given to the lowering of pH of the oceans as a result of increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.

Pauanui North station

Whitianga Wharf sea levels

We are currently steaming out towards our survey area, the Louisville Seamount Chain, which is about 1500 km from Wellington.

To prepare for changes in climate, our freshwater and oceans decision-makers need information on species vulnerability to climate change.

Tairua station

NIWA run a computer model which simulates wave heights across the Canterbury continental shelf and along the coast.

NIWA has transformed 1.5 million square kilometres of data into the most accurate and detailed map yet of the land underneath the sea around New Zealand.