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

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Graph: ESR

A real data example showing the ‘information’ lost by infrequent sampling. The monthly value (orange trace) under-represents the peak by 5% and provides little indication of how nitrate concentration varies cyclically or with flow dynamics.