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

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Photo: Gas bubbles coming out of the seafloor imaged using an acoustic sounder. The red band in the middle of the screen is the seafloor, and at the right-hand side there is a vertical plume of bubbles being released. [Credit: Joshu Mountjoy / NIWA].