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

Winner: Our people - Pre-dawn start start in NZ's most Northerly Harbour, Parengarenga

Crispin Middleton

Scientist Meredith Lowe and Masters Student Tegan Evans on a pre-dawn start to make the most of early low tides in New Zealand's most Northerly Harbour- Parengarenga. The team was in the harbour to study the assemblages of juvenile fish associated with the extensive seagrass meadows.