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

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Differences from average global sea surface temperatures for 10 December - 8 January 2018. Map courtesy of NOAA Climate Diagnostics Centre. https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/images/sst/sst.anom.month.gif