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A NIWA climate scientist is awaiting a ruling from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on whether New Zealand’s coldest recorded temperature will be accepted as an official world weather extreme.

Weekly update to help media assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought.

Human influence on the climate system is clear and growing, with impacts observed on all continents.

Many areas in the South Island are tracking towards record dry spells as relatively warm, dry weather that began in mid-August continues

The Government’s Deep South National Science Challenge provides an unprecedented opportunity for scientific collaboration that will ultimately improve the lives of all New Zealanders.

NIWA wants to recruit school students and members of the public over winter keen to take part in a citizen science initiative, and this week might be a good week to start.

Prime Minister John Key and Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce had a surprise meeting at NIWA's Fieldays stand today.

NIWA has a message for opening day visitors to the rural sector’s biggest event of the year: go prepared.

NIWA is pleased to welcome a new face (and voice) for Niwa Weather, Chris Brandolino, who has joined us as Forecaster.

Our outlooks indicate the likelihood of climate conditions being at, above, or below average for the season as a whole, at a national and regional level.

New Zealand will get hotter, have more heavy rainfalls, and experience more days when the fire risk is extreme, the latest international report on climate change impacts reveals.

Journalists are advised that the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to be released in Yokohama, Japan at 1pm (NZ time) on Monday, 31 M