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Summer Series week 5: Life's a beach
Media release16 January 2017Six scientists reveal their favourite beaches but also observe how they’re changing. -
Hotspot Watch for 12 January 2017
Hotspot12 January 2017An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
Summer Series week 4: Scientist keeps cool head on the ice
Media release06 January 2017Top of Natalie Robinson’s to-do list right now is to work out exactly what she’s brought back from Antarctica. -
NIWA's Annual Climate Summary Media Conference
Event06 January 2017NIWA climate scientists present the NIWA 2016 Annual Climate Summary. -
Hotspot Watch for 5 January 2017
Hotspot05 January 2017An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
Summer Series week 3: Above and beyond, a voyage in the pacific
Feature story02 January 2017A NIWA technician spends four days and three nights on a crowded boat heading to one of the most remote places in the Pacific to help install a weather station. Conditions are so arduous he decides to quit his job - but how do you do that in the middle of the ocean? -
Summer Series week 2: Scientists set up offices in the great outdoors
Media release26 December 2016Summer is for scientific fieldwork. Three NIWA scientists are heading into the wild blue yonder, some with fancy technology and others with a coffee cup and a bag of party balloons. -
Hotspot Watch for 21 December
Hotspot21 December 2016An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
Summer Series week 1: NIWA's year of science
Media release19 December 2016A year is a short time in science but a lot happened in 2016. NIWA highlights its top scientific endeavours of the past 12 months. -
Bountiful Bryozoans
News article12 December 2016A new fully illustrated electronic identification guide, Bountiful Bryozoans, has just been released to help people identify this group of marine creatures in the wild. -
Citizen science monitoring of water a win-win, research shows
Media release12 December 2016New research has revealed that citizen science monitoring of water is a win-win for scientists and volunteers—one gains access to new data, and the other the skills and confidence to become involved in discussions over what is happening to their streams. -
Hotspot Watch for 8 December 2016
Hotspot08 December 2016A weekly update describing soil moisture anomalies across the country.