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 31 of August 2014 to 27th of September 2014. Map courtesy of NOAA Climate Diagnostics Centre (http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/images/sst/sst.anom.month.gif).