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Read about the important science being undertaken at NIWA, and how it affects New Zealanders

  • Hotspot Watch 23 November 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Hotspot Watch 17 November 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • A 3D Printer is helping save New Zealand’s endangered native fish

    Media release
    A 3D Printer is helping save New Zealand’s endangered native fish
  • Hotspot Watch 10 November 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Hotspot Watch 1 November 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Hotspot Watch 26 October 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Electricity conversion project takes top prize at Auckland Science Fair

    Media release
    A suite of projects that ranged from whether toothpaste’s a scam to capturing air, to human superpowers made up the 206 entries at this year’s NIWA Auckland City Science & Technology Fair.
  • Hotspot Watch 18 October 2023

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  • Some homes contain 3 times more air pollution, NIWA finds

    Media release
    A new study from NIWA has mapped outdoor air quality for Invercargill and Alexandra in more detail than ever before.
  • Link between insomnia and depression found at Science & Technology Fair

    Media release
    A study looking at the impact of sleep on depression in adolescents was 18 months in the making for Ellen Thompson.
  • Hotspot Watch 13 October 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Months in the mud leads to NIWA Science Fair success.

    Media release
    A Year 13 from Saint Kentigern College scooped top prizes at the 2023 NIWA South and East Auckland Science Fair for her project “Crab-a-dabra!".