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Gone fishin'

Feature story
1 February 2020
If you want a healthy fishing industry, you need to know how healthy your fish stocks are. Sam Fraser-Baxter talks to a scientist who went to sea to find out.

Scientists recreate the week it snowed everywhere

Feature story
1 February 2020
NIWA has teamed up with Microsoft for a new project using artificial intelligence to combine historic weather records with breakthrough handwriting recognition tools.

The man of many pathways

Feature story
1 February 2020
Dr Rob Bell worked out a long time ago that sea-level rise is much more than a scientific problem. No wonder then that people say his ability to listen is one of his best traits.

The Hill

Feature story
1 February 2020
Castle Hill, on State Highway 73 between Darfield and Arthur’s Pass in the Waimakariri Basin, was named for the imposing array of limestone boulders in the area that mirror the look of castle ruins.

Embracing the revolution

Feature story
1 February 2020
Technology and Innovation General Manager, Dr Barry Biggs, looks at the impact of the fast-moving world of “tech” on NIWA’s science.

Unlocking the mysterious marine life of eels

Feature story
1 February 2020
Tiny, translucent eels may hold the answers to one of the fish world’s great mysteries. Zen Gregor investigates.

Hitting the high notes

Feature story
1 February 2020
Dr Kameron Christopher plays a mean sax. Campbell Gardiner checks in with NIWA’s new Chief Scientist for High Performance Computing and Data Science.

Hotspot Watch 30 January 2020

Hot spot
30 January 2020
A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

Hotspot Watch 22 January 2020

Hot spot
22 January 2020
A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

Hotspot Watch 15 January 2020

Hot spot
15 January 2020
A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

Under the Antarctic ice

Feature story
13 January 2020
The rich diversity of marine life near Scott Base in Antarctica has stunned scientists diving under the ice to set up environmental monitoring sites.

Hotspot Watch 8 January 2020

Hot spot
9 January 2020
A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

Epic spiny red rock lobster

Feature story
6 January 2020
Sam Fraser-Baxter heads to the Wairarapa for one of New Zealand’s longest-running marine surveys – counting baby lobster.

Weathering new technology in Tonga

Feature story
3 January 2020
There are about 800km between the southern and northern tips of Tonga - and a lot of ocean.

Ten years of the weather with you

Feature story
30 December 2019
In the past 10 years, more weather records have been broken than in any other time in New Zealand’s history.

The frozen menagerie

Feature story
23 December 2019
Just past the locks, alarms and big heavy doors is a rather macabre sight.

Hotspot Watch 19 December 2019

Hot spot
19 December 2019
Across the North Island, moderate to large increases in soil moisture levels were observed in many locations due to substantial rainfall in the past week. Across the South Island, substantial rainfall contributed to moderate to large increases in soil moisture levels in the vast majority of the island.

‘Tis the season for a Christmas weather forecast…

Media Release
12 December 2019
If Santa is quick he can hop on a ridge of high pressure for his big trip to New Zealand very soon.

Hotspot Watch 11 December 2019

Hot spot
11 December 2019
Across the North Island, notable increases in soil moisture levels were observed in the southwest, from Taranaki south to Wellington.

Unprecedented carbon monoxide readings measured in Central Otago

Media Release
11 December 2019
Researchers at NIWA’s Lauder atmospheric research station in Central Otago have measured prolonged carbon monoxide concentrations well above normal levels.

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