News

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

  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 3 Nov 2016

    Hotspot
    This week's update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Tool time: NIWA scientist heads to the ice with a drill and a tape measure

    Media release
    A tape measure and a drill will be pretty much all the tools a NIWA scientist needs when he heads to Antarctica next week.
  • When things change

    Feature story
    When you’ve spent a long time viewing something a particular way, it’s hard to recognise when it changes.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    An update for 20 October describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Koha goes home – NIWA returns lost turtle to Kermadecs

    Media release
    A critically endangered turtle today began a two-day journey back to its home in Rangitāhua, the Kermadecs.
  • Considered in collaboration: leading Māori environmental research

    Feature story
    Marino Tahi is a man who speaks volumes between sentences.
  • Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Outlook

    Media release
    Moderate La Niña or neutral tropical conditions expected to produce near average activity across most islands.
  • Scientists’ stunning images

    Media release
    From one pole to the other, NIWA scientists work in some of the world’s most extraordinary landscapes.
  • NIWA kicks off busy season in Antarctica

    Media release
    NIWA scientists are this week making the final preparations for one of the organisation’s busiest summers at Antarctica.
  • Is La Niña in our future or not?

    News article
    And... what would that mean for New Zealand?
  • Beautiful Browns

    News article
    Do you know where in New Zealand to find Neptune’s necklace or rimurapa? Or how to tell apart Carpophyllum from Cystophora?