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5G and NZ weather forecasting

2 August 2019

Weather forecasters will not be affected by Vodafone’s 5G network initial roll-out in New Zealand, according to NIWA’s chief scientist Environmental Information Dr Jochen Schmidt.

NIWA wishes to clarify that comments made yesterday that the accuracy of weather forecasts could be affected by 5G were based on World Meteorological Organization concerns.

Proud of your plants?

1 June 2017

NIWA is doing a nationwide study to discover what makes the best riparian projects. Help us give you the knowledge to make the best riparian management decisions possible by taking our 5 minute survey.

Scientists detect huge fault rupture offshore from Kaikoura

22 November 2016
Scientists surveying the seabed in areas affected by last week’s earthquake have confirmed a 34km rupture in the offshore continuation of the Kekerengu Fault, known as the Needles Fault.

Partnering in research grows Māori economy

Feature story
15 November 2016
NIWA is working alongside Māori to develop gateways to science and technology partnerships that are helping grow the Māori economy.

Instrument Systems Update 21

10 February 2016
The latest news from our Instrument Systems Team covers irrigation, water use strategy and remote soil water measurement.

New Zealand's Marine Realm

10 September 2015
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.

Counting the economic benefits of environmental research

Feature story
8 September 2015
New Zealand economists and NIWA have counted the economic benefits from investing in environmental research.

NIWA’s Fieldays stand a winner

Media Release
12 June 2015
NIWA’s Fieldays team is basking in the glory of winning the Best Indoor Agribusiness Site awarded by the National Agricultural Fieldays organisation for the 2015 event.

NIWA launches Irrimet

5 June 2015
NIWA is developing a practical web-based tool that will help you maximise pasture growth and minimise water and nutrient losses – and we need your help to test it.

Unique animal communities may need special protection

Media Release
18 March 2015
New Zealand’s underwater mountains are home to unique animal communities which need careful environmental management, new research reveals.

New study confirms world's oceans are warming

Media Release
3 February 2015
An international team of oceanographers, including NIWA’s Dr Philip Sutton, has analysed data from ocean-profiling instruments known as Argo floats and found the temperature of the world’s oceans increased steadily between 2006 and 2013.

NIWA's National Freshwater Fish Database goes hi-tech

16 August 2013
Next week, NIWA scientists will showcase the latest version of the National Freshwater Fish Database at an international conference in Hamilton.

New Zealand: first in the world to catalogue all its species through all of time

18 May 2012
New Zealand is the first country in the world to catalogue its entire known living and fossil life.

New web portal provides universal access to NIWA datasets

1 February 2012
A new Internet-based information portal allows anyone, at any location, to view details on a growing range of environmental data.

New Zealand’s rain falls mainly in the mountains

20 December 2011
Most of New Zealand's rain doesn't fall in the plains, but in the mountains, particularly the Southern Alps.

New Zealand and Australia sign collaborative agreement on marine research and observation

6 December 2011
A historic agreement, aimed at improving country-to-country collaboration on marine research, observations and data management between New Zealand and Australia, has been signed in Canberra this morning.

New partnership to smooth access to New Zealand’s environmental information

14 November 2011
Major environment-focused Crown Research Institutes GNS Science, Landcare Research, and NIWA are joining forces with the New Zealand Geospatial Office to harmonise systems for storing, categorising and accessing vital information on New Zealand's environment.

NIWA provides weather and sea conditions for the Rena oil spill

12 October 2011
NIWA is using forecast models to show us the offshore conditions around the grounded Rena, and the likely path of the oil plume, as fuel oil washes up on Bay of Plenty beaches.

NIWA weather modelling research aims to improve the accuracy of New Zealand forecasts

29 March 2011

NIWA’s weather prediction model simulated the intense rainfall which fell just north of the capital, and flooded parts of Porirua, on Sunday 27 March. Thirty nine millimetres of rain fell in less than an hour, around 1.00pm.

Life in the ocean – the unknown last frontier

20 May 2010

What is known about life in the ocean? Even though it’s the biggest habitat on the planet, most of the ocean remains unexplored biologically. So what do we know? And how does New Zealand’s biodiversity compare with the rest of the world?

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