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Kaikōura Canyon shows early signs of ecosystem recovery
Media release19 September 2017NIWA scientists have found signs of recovery in the Kaikōura Canyon seabed, 10 months after powerful submarine landslides triggered by the November earthquake wiped out organisms living in and on the seabed. -
Winners of Wellington Science Fair Announced 15 September 2017
Media release15 September 2017The 2017 NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair has again been a resounding success, with more than 550 intermediate and secondary school students taking part. -
Production of Hayward kiwifruit in Bay of Plenty at risk from climate change
Media release15 September 2017The most commonly grown variety of kiwifruit around Te Puke will not be commercially viable in the area by the end of the century, say scientists. -
What to feed an astronaut and other entries in this year’s Wellington NIWA science fair
Event11 September 2017From designing food for astronauts to the best bait for catching rats, Wellington students are applying their creative talents to scientific endeavour this week. -
Student ingenuity on show at NIWA science fair
Event07 September 2017Science students are putting their ingenuity and analytical skills on the line at this weekend’s annual NIWA Canterbury-Westland Schools’ Science and Technology Fair. -
Concussion conundrum solved by secondary school student
Media release05 September 2017A Year 13 student from Ormiston Senior College in South Auckland has taken out the top prize in this year’s NIWA South and east Auckland Science and Technology Fair. -
Student ingenuity on show at NIWA Auckland Science Fair
Event30 August 2017Science students from around Auckland are putting their ingenuity and analytical skills on the line at next week’s annual NIWA Auckland City Science and Technology Fair. -
Power project wins Whakatane student top prize
Media release28 August 2017A Whakatane home school student has with an ambitious project, entitled Wasted Watts, has taken out top honours in this year’s Bay of Plenty Regional Science and Technology Fair. -
Tiny air bubbles reveal new information about greenhouse gas emissions
Media release24 August 2017Sitting at the surface of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica, are layers of ice more than 10,000 years old. And trapped inside those layers are bubbles of ancient air – like tiny time capsules - able to tell scientists a story about what the world used to be like and how humans have changed it. -
From plastic bags to roof tiles: one BOP science fair entry
Event23 August 2017A Mount Maunganui Intermediate student has created a cheap roofing tile out of discarded plastic bags and entered the idea in this year’s NIWA Bay of Plenty Science and Technology Fair. -
Spotted a leopard seal? Scientist seeks sightings
Media release17 August 2017A leopard seal has spent so much time in New Zealand waters she has prompted a NIWA scientist to challenge conventional thinking about the species. -
NZ’s future scientists show their work in Hamilton
Media release16 August 2017Waikato’s next generation of scientists are showcasing their latest discoveries at this week’s NIWA Waikato Science and Technology Fair in Hamilton.