Coasts

Sea spiders look similar to land spiders, but they are in their own special group.

A global survey involving 123 scientists from 58 nations raises concerns about the global status of reef sharks.

The NIWA Invertebrate Collection (NIC) holds specimens from almost all invertebrate phyla.

Have you ever seen these shells on the beach?

Ashley Rowden and Katie Bigham talk about the positive changes observed on the seafloor following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.

A six-metre long orange underwater robot is flying through the Kaikōura Canyon for the next month collecting information on how the canyon has changed since the 2016 earthquake.

A network of state-of-the-art tsunami buoys is being deployed from New Zealand up into the Pacific to keep communities safer.

Constructed wetlands, detention bunds, woodchip denitrification filters and planted riparian buffers are examples of a growing suite of edge-of-field and farm-scale mitigation systems that are being trialled across rural New Zealand to reduce the impact of diffuse pollution on freshwater quality

A new study has identified seven freshwater species native to Aotearoa-New Zealand that will likely be highly or very highly vulnerable to climate change.

NIWA is using serious games to look at problems holistically, support understanding and give a framework for adaptation decisions.

Te Nehenehenui (previously Maniapoto Māori Trust board) and NIWA are working collaboratively to support Ngāti Maniapoto whānau to reconnect with and participate in the assessment of their freshwater according to their values.

NIWA scientists have completed the first national assessment of people and buildings at risk in New Zealand’s tsunami evacuation zones.