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

Plankton recorder

Rob Stewart, NIWA Principal Technician, Marine Ecology, collecting the CPR cassette (Continuous Plankton Recorder) after a deployment. The CPR is designed to capture plankton samples over huge areas of ocean. These samples can be analysed and the data will be incorporated into refining food web models. [NIWA-Nippon Foundation TESMaP / Rebekah Parsons-King]