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

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NIWA

The purple beam in this photo is from a lidar (laser radar) measuring ozone above NIWA's atmospheric research station at Lauder, Central Otago. The instrument, worth NZ$2 million, was installed by the Dutch RIVM research group as part of the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change.