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A whole of catchment Report Card for the Waikato and Waipa rivers has been released by the Waikato River Authority giving the catchment an anticipated low rating for its wellbeing.

A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

NIWA researchers have spent part of the last month keeping a close eye on the bottom of Lake Tekapo to find out what it looks like and what is going on below the lake bed.

A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A breakthrough in understanding about the causes of climate change has today been published online in the prestigious international journal Science.

NIWA climate scientists studying the diaries of an early English missionary stationed in the Far North have found the oldest surviving long-term instrumental weather records made in New Zealand.

NIWA-developed software is becoming the international standard in the assessment and management of fish stocks.

Across the northern North Island, soil moisture levels have generally remained the same or increased slightly when compared to this time last week.

A long-standing international scientific partnership is being celebrated in Central Otago today.

Scientists are taking some high-tech equipment to Fiordland next week to find out more about what happens when a river meets the ocean.

NIWA scientists are tapping into nature’s archives to understand our abrupt climate changes.

On the North Island, soil moisture levels have generally remained the same or increased when compared to this time last week.