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

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Dave Allen

NIWA air quality scientist Dr Ian Longley and his colleagues have teamed up with Year 5 and 6 pupils at Alexandra Primary School to learn more about how smoke from home heating is causing air quality problems in the town and how these problems might be solved.