Coasts

NIWA aims to provide the knowledge needed for the sound environmental management of our marine resources.

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    Acoustic and radio telemetry

    Radio and acoustic tracking of fish (or any animal) allows the movement and activity of animals to be recorded over the life of the transmitter (battery size dependent).
  • PIT tagger

    Passive Integrated Transponders (PIT) are used to tag fish (or any animal) for life.
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    Summer Series 7: Little squirts that hang out around the coast

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    New finds from the deep sea off New Zealand

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    NIWA's RV Tangaroa sets sail to study how Antarctica affects ocean currents

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    A 42-day voyage to the Mertz Polynya region of Antarctica.
  • Tidal creeks – connections between freshwater and saltwater

    Research Project
    An experiment in Henderson Creek, Auckland, has demonstrated how tidal creeks variously import, export and deposit sediment, depending on the wind and freshwater runoff, and modulated by the tide.
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    Hitachi TM3000 Benchtop Scanning Electron Microscope

  • Journey Across an Underwater Landscape

  • Sediments and mangroves

    Research Project
    Mangrove forests, which are important parts of estuarine ecosystems in a number of ways, are sensitive to changing sea level.
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    New Zealand Coastal Society Annual Conference: ‘Making Waves, 20 years and beyond’

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    How prepared are we for a major marine earthquake?

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