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

Customer Focus Award runner-up: Alan Porteous, 2012

Customer Focus Award runner-up: Alan Porteous, Manager, Climate Data and Applications, Wellington. Alan was the runner up for this award, for relationship-building in the Pacific region, which has opened up work for NIWA in Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the Cook Islands and Fiji. Credit: Dave Allen, NIWA