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Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage highlights

The voyage was a joint project between New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and the Australian Antarctic Division, supported by Antarctic New Zealand and NZ Government ministries, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), Ministry for the Environment (MfE), and the Australian Government’s Department of Environment.

Great white shark - Pip

The second of our series on New Zealand great whites we’re introducing you to Pip. She’s a recent addition to our tagging programme and is a decent size at 3.3 metres long.

See NIWA scientists talking about their work, along with fascinating animations and underwater footage.

2018 - Antarctic Voyage Update #1

2018 - Antarctic Voyage Update #1
TAN 1802 - Antarctic voyage leader Dave Bowden on the phone from the Southern Ocean.
Dolphins farewell RV Tangaroa - 9 February 2018

Dolphins farewell RV Tangaroa - 9 February 2018
RV Tangaroa is farewelled by a pod of dolphins as it heads off on its 12th voyage to the white continent. Footage courtesy of Kareen Schnabelke.
Citizen scientists take on Hutt River

Citizen scientists take on Hutt River
Citizen scientists take on Hutt River
ST47 9990m landing

ST47 9990m landing
Wire deployed corer landing at 9994 metre depth in the Kermadec Trench. Deployment and retrieval on board the RV Tangaroa.
Wire deployed corer floats being retrieved

Wire deployed corer floats being retrieved
Wire deployed corer floats being retrieved on board the RV Tangaroa. The corer sampled sediments at 9994 metre depths in the Kermadec Trench.
A day out measuring at Molesworth

A day out measuring at Molesworth
A day out measuring at Molesworth
Monitoring air quality in your neighbourhood

Monitoring air quality in your neighbourhood
Monitoring air quality in your neighbourhood.
NIWA RIPARIAN SURVEY VIDEO

NIWA riparian survey video
NIWA, supported by DairyNZ, are asking anyone who has planted along stream banks to take a short survey.
Breakfast with Ebony - Episode 3

Breakfast with Ebony - Episode 3
Marine Biologist Diana Macpherson spends a good part of her time investigating various critters that live on the sea floor...check out this enormous specimen!
Breakfast with Ebony - Episode 2

Breakfast with Ebony - Episode 2
Breakfast with Ebony - Episode 1

Breakfast with Ebony - Episode 1
Plastic spoons aren’t always used for eating - fisheries scientist Dr Jim Roberts found them handy when studying sub-Antarctic sea lions.
The Love Bugs

The Love Bugs
Mayflies, caddisflies and stoneflies are living in a stream near you, or at least they should be!
Thin Ice

Thin ice
In late 2013, a group of scientists from NIWA travelled to Antarctica to perform a series of experiments under the sea ice to look at how climate change and ocean acidification could affect this fragile ecosytem.
Big Fish, Calm Sea - White Shark Tagging off Stewart Island

Big Fish, Calm Sea - White Shark Tagging off Stewart Island
Tagging White Sharks off Stewart Island, NZ Scientists from DOC, NIWA, and the University of Auckland are building a unique picture of New Zealand's great white shark population.
Modelling vegetation-impacted morphodynamics in braided rivers

Modelling vegetation-impacted morphodynamics in braided rivers
NIWA is developing numerical models for predicting how the morphology of braided rivers responds to flow regulation and invasive exotic woody vegetation.
Earthquake's Unseen Impact

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.
Injy's Odyssey

Injy’s Odyssey
Late 2016, Sir Peter Blake NIWA Ambassador Injy Johnstone travelled to one of NIWA's more remote atmospheric monitoring outposts in the central North Island. Another successful ambassadorship - check it out!
Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) in Cook Strait, New Zealand

Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) in Cook Strait, New Zealand
Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) calls detected by acoustic recorder stationed in Cook Strait, New Zealand from December 2016 to January 2017.
Pilot whale ((Globicephala sp.) calls detected by acoustic recorder stationed in Cook Strait, New Zealand

Pilot whale ((Globicephala sp.) calls detected by acoustic recorder stationed in Cook Strait, New Zealand
Pilot whale (Globicephala sp.) calls detected by acoustic recorder stationed in Cook Strait, New Zealand from December 2016 to January 2017.
NIWA Blake Ambassadors Vlog 3: Fishing for water!

NIWA Blake Ambassadors Vlog 2: Fishing... for water!

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