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

Frozen Gear

Brett Grant, Tim Haskell and Martin Doble pictured (left to right). There were some tense moments (3 days actually) where we feared a mooring with $200,000 of gear and 3 months of data was frozen into the ice for 100’s of meters and so virtually un-retrievable. Fortunately it was only the top section and so with some gentle and not so gentle tugging we freed the line – this image shows part of the ice that had accreted around the line. Photo taken by Craig Stevens in 2010.