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

ROBES sampling stations

Map of sampling stations in the main survey area 2020. Codes refer to: BEAM=beam trawl, CAM=DTIS towed camera system, CPR=continuous plankton recorder, CTD=conductivity-temperature-depth probe, MOOR=mooring, MUC=multicorer, TOPAS=sub-bottom profiler. [NIWA]