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

Hazards

NIWA researchers study geological, weather and coastal hazards, including the impact of climate change on some of these.

Mā te haumaru ō ngā puna wai ō Rākaihautū

Increasing flood resilience across Aotearoa

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    Heavy rainfall - current NIWA research

    NIWA's work seeks to improve our understanding of the key dynamic and physical processes which are responsible for heavy rainfall , and to improve the heavy rainfall forecast.

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    Brewster mass balance snow stakes survey

    Snow and avalanches

    Education Resource
    New Zealand faces a variety of hazards associated with snow.

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    Environmental Information Update

    Publication series
    The latest updates about NIWA's EI work delivered to your inbox in our e-newsletter.
    Freshwater quality
    Tsunami

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    Just how windy can it get in Wellington?

    News article
    11 February 2011

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    Cyclone Bola still making its mark after 21 years

    News article
    02 April 2009
    Floods