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

Prime Minister's Science Prize team - 2011

Members of the award-winning team with Prime Minister John Key, from L to R: Dr Evelyn Armstrong and Dr Robert Strzepek (University of Otago), Dr Cliff Law, Professor Philip Boyd and Dr Kim Currie (NIWA), Associate Professor Russell Frew (University of Otago), Dr Rob Murdoch (NIWA), and Professor Keith Hunter and Dr Sylvia Sander (University of Otago).