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

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One of New Zealand’s biodiversity treasures: Notamphisopus benhami, an ancient phreatoicid isopod from Stewart Island. Our nine endemic species, relicts of New Zealand’s geological past, appear to be doing well.