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Erica Williams - Where the water is clean

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20 June 2017
Erica Williams' story starts with the website of Moerewa School, where pupil Tyra-Lee explains her connection to a very special place in her small Far North town.

Raising the bar for swimmable rivers

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20 June 2017
The government has released the ‘Clean Water’ package of proposed reforms, aimed at making more of our rivers swimmable. But how is ‘swimmable’ to be measured, and do these measures stack up?

Calculated risk

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13 June 2017
Imagine if you could foresee what would happen to your home in a severe flood or tsunami, and then work out how to prevent or reduce the impact before any such event occurred.

Nature knows best?

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11 June 2017
Returning water to our waterways after we’ve used it in our homes, on farms and in industry is a complex and challenging process.

Dairy turns the corner

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11 June 2017
NIWA's Freshwater and Estuaries Chief Scientist Dr John Quinn believes the dairy industry has been responsive in the tools it has adopted to reduce its impact on waterways.

Stepping into the river

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11 June 2017
NIWA discusses, in depth, this year's most asked question—what is happening to our fresh waterways?

Paradise for eels? Getting to know the secrets of NZ's new icon

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9 May 2017

As New Zealand's "Mr Eel", Niwa's Dr Don Jellyman has heard every tall tale. And some of them may be true.

Sustaining the sea

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22 February 2017

We examine how the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge plans to enhance the use of marine resources within biological constraints.

Muddy sinks

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22 February 2017

New Zealand’s mangrove swamps and coastal marshes may be particularly adept at absorbing and storing the carbon we emit.

Wave action

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6 February 2017

New Zealand’s coast is sculpted by ocean waves. Some wave conditions bring joy to surfers and beachgoers, but, at other times, waves can cause major hazards at sea or along the shore.

A nod to Ngāmotu

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31 January 2017
Barb Hayden is never far from the sea. In fact, it’s been a constant in her life—a personal and professional passion.

Shifting Sands – the end of a Kiwi dream

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31 January 2017
The Kiwi dream of owning a beachfront property with panoramic views of the ocean is under threat—and not just for financial reasons.

Summer Series week 3: Above and beyond, a voyage in the pacific

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2 January 2017
A NIWA technician spends four days and three nights on a crowded boat heading to one of the most remote places in the Pacific to help install a weather station. Conditions are so arduous he decides to quit his job - but how do you do that in the middle of the ocean?

Capturing carbon to slow climate change

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16 November 2016
New research tests the air to estimate the carbon sink potential of forests and landscapes. It reveals that the ability of New Zealand’s land biosphere to absorb carbon could be 50 per cent more than currently estimated.

Running off the road

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16 November 2016
At a rough count, 700 million litres of rain runs off the nation’s roads every year. That’s enough water to fill almost 300 Olympic-sized pools.

Warriors of the harbour: restoring estuarine health

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15 November 2016
Iwi has joined forces with councils and NIWA to restore an estuarine ecosystem to its former health.

Partnering in research grows Māori economy

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15 November 2016
NIWA is working alongside Māori to develop gateways to science and technology partnerships that are helping grow the Māori economy.

When things change

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25 October 2016
When you’ve spent a long time viewing something a particular way, it’s hard to recognise when it changes.

Considered in collaboration: leading Māori environmental research

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16 October 2016
Marino Tahi is a man who speaks volumes between sentences.

The pearl of New Zealand fishing

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26 July 2016
The Quota Management System, which some say saved New Zealand fisheries, is 30 years old today. The system is founded on science that studies fish biology, abundance and distribution, and estimates how many can be caught and still keep the population healthy.

From high seas to estuaries

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15 July 2016
While Tangaroa might be considered its flagship, NIWA’s extensive range of maritime work could not be completed without the support vessels Kaharoa and Ikatere.

Tangaroa made New Zealand bigger

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11 July 2016
Approved by the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, New Zealand was made sovereign over 1.7 million square kilometres of seafloor

At the speed of a bullet train

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7 July 2016
Category 5 Cyclone Winston made landfall in Fiji on 20 February, damaging and destroying thousands of homes and buildings. It left in its wake a death toll of 44 and more than 50,000 people in evacuation centres.

Voyages of discovery

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4 July 2016
NIWA’s flagship of New Zealand ocean research – Tangaroa – is the modern-day Endeavour, venturing into open oceans to conduct work that’s proving how science and commercial outcomes go hand-in-hand.

Dear diary: A pioneer of meteorology

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30 June 2016
The discovery of diaries of an English missionary living in Northland in the 1800s reveals him as New Zealand’s first meteorologist.

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