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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.

Work to protect New Zealand waters from an increasing number of invasive biological pests has received a funding boost to fight their spread.

Tropical Cyclone Winston is showing some signs of weakening as of this morning, now located about 600km southeast of Vanuatu’s southernmost islands.

NIWA meteorologists continue to monitor the progression of Tropical Cyclone Winston.