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On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

Glaciers continue to show significant ice loss : glacier2_150.jpg
Glaciers continue to show significant ice loss : glacier-graph_150.jpg
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Anomaly from the annual number of Tropical Cyclones, Nov-May periods, all seasons, from 1969–70 to 2007–08.
Erasmo Macaya Horta, Victoria University of Wellington

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Algae experts in town : bull_kelp_150.jpg
Algae experts in town : brown_alga_150.jpg
Alan Blacklock, NIWA

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NIWA

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Coral beauties of the deep down under : stoney_cup_coral_150.jpg
Coral beauties of the deep down under : bubblegum_coral_150.jpg
NIWA

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Health of Lake Taupo under new surveillance : divers_150.jpg
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Twenty years of monitoring provides insight into our river water quality : wqsites_150.jpg
Credit: Crispin Middleton, NIWA

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Baby snapper all grew up in one big nursery : snapper2_150.jpg
Mike Page, NIWA

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