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Scientists go door-to-door in Edgecumbe collecting flood information
Media release26 April 2017Scientists will be knocking on doors in Edgecumbe next week seeking to survey the damage done to buildings from recent flooding caused when a stopbank on the Rangitaiki River breached. -
Unique research records rare whale species in Cook Strait
Media release29 March 2017The sounds of whales and dolphins rarely seen in New Zealand waters have been recorded by a NIWA scientist in a pioneering underwater sound project. -
NIWA launches New Zealand Drought Index - a one-stop drought monitor
Media release24 March 2017A new tool to monitor drought conditions across New Zealand has been launched today by NIWA. -
Recording underwater biodiversity after earthquakes
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Massive mudslides in Kaikōura Canyon destroy seabed life
Media release27 February 2017Huge mudslides from November’s earthquakes have wiped out all organisms living in the seabed of the Kaikōura Canyon. -
Earthquake’s Unseen Impact
NIWA scientists on board RV Ikatere have been surveying the coastal area around Kaikoura for the first time since November's magnitude 7.8 earthquake. -
Lake Tekapo - a tsunami hazard?
NIWA scientists scan Lake Tekapo with the aim of finding out if submarine landslides can create a tsunami hazard for the Lake Tekapo township and hydropower infrastructure. -
Scientists examine links between Northland deluge and climate change
News article06 November 2015Citizen scientists have helped NIWA determine that climate change has likely increased the chances of extreme rainfall that deluged Northland last year. -
NIWA launches high resolution flood forecasting
Feature story29 October 2015There was a common factor in the floods that hit swathes of New Zealand midway through this year – they were all forecastable. -
NIWA staff profile: Rob Bell, the duke of hazard
Feature story19 October 2015Rob Bell is happiest occupying the high ground. With a 35-year career in researching, modeling and monitoring natural hazards, such as king tides, coastal inundation, storms and tsunami, he knows that elevation from coastal margins is the only true protection from a potentially turbulent future.