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Microsites for rapid impact assessment & recovery after Cyclone Gabrielle
News article25 October 2024The rapid impact assessment tool provides a scenario model framework to rapidly assess natural hazard exposure or impacts. -
Coastal inundation risk in the Pacific
News article25 October 2024Researchers created national sea-level risk profiles for populations, buildings, croplands & infrastructure under present & future climate scenarios. -
Clever sleuthing unmasks mystery ocean creature
Media release16 October 2024A mystery specimen has been identified as a species never documented in New Zealand waters. -
Government announcement about NIWA and MetService
News article26 September 2024NIWA is pleased with the announcement today by the Science, Innovation and Technology Minister of the Government’s response to a recent review of New Zealand’s weather forecasting system. -
New species of NZ ghost shark discovered
Media release24 September 2024Scientists have found a new ghost shark that lives exclusively in the deep waters of Australia and New Zealand. -
"Now or never": fight against invasive clam gets critical boost
Media release19 September 2024NIWA has been awarded $10.2m to investigate an invasive clam that was only recently discovered in New Zealand waters. -
Cyclone Gabrielle was intensified by human-induced global warming
Media release09 September 2024A new NIWA-led study has found that climate change increased the amount of total rainfall during Cyclone Gabrielle by 10%. -
New vessel to study undersea in the Hauraki Gulf
News article26 August 2024NIWA’s new research vessel, Kaharoa II, will be in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park/ Ko te Pataka kai o Tīkapa Moana Te Moananui-ā-Toi over the next three weeks, filming underwater habitats. -
Cutting-edge research vessel arrives in Wellington
Media release19 August 2024NIWA’s brand-new research vessel, Kaharoa II, was officially christened by Minister Judith Collins today. -
Kingfish – the new species for New Zealand aquaculture
Media release13 August 2024Commercial-scale production of kingfish - a high-value, white-fleshed finfish to complement salmon - is now a reality in New Zealand. -
Supercomputing for the nation - NIWA’s new $20 million supercomputer
Media release12 August 2024A $20 million investment in NIWA’s world-leading climate, marine and freshwater science and advanced technologies. -
The rare event driving the Southern Hemisphere’s weather
Media release02 August 2024An unusual disturbance high above Antarctica is causing polar air to encroach on different parts of the Southern Hemisphere, including New Zealand.