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

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Dave Allen, NIWA

Marine biologists Dr Roberta D'Archino and Dr Leigh Tait are particularly interested in the intertidal reef, areas that were once covered in very high biomass are now almost bare.