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

Te Waihora Eels

Dr. Shannan Crow (left) and Dr. Phil Jellyman (right) collecting catches of longfin and shortfin eels in Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere). This eel study is part of a multi-disciplinary research programme that is monitoring the benefits  of macrophyte re-establishment in Te Waihora. Photograph by Dave Allen.