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NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot19 February 2016Changes in soil moisture levels across the North Island vary when compared to this time last week, with a mixture of both increased and decreased moisture. -
Tropical cyclone update #2
News article15 February 2016Niwa meteorologists continue to cast a watchful eye over two strengthening tropical cyclones in the South Pacific. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot12 February 2016A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
Tropical cyclone update #1
News article11 February 2016NIWA meteorologists are monitoring the potential for ex-tropical cyclones to affect New Zealand early next week. -
The search for yellow octopus
News article09 February 2016One of the ocean’s most elusive critters is about to meet its match as NIWA scientists voyage south hoping to film them in action – and bring a few samples home. -
Improving seasonal climate forecasts
Feature story08 February 2016NIWA’s climate scientists are working to improve seasonal climate forecasts. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot05 February 2016A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
Meeting the challenge of ocean acidification
Feature story01 February 2016New Zealand’s answer to ocean acidification is a model of the ‘best team’ approach – when organisations pool talent and resources to find solutions to national, or global, issues.] -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot29 January 2016A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot22 January 2016Over the past week, soil moisture levels across the North Island have mostly remained the same or increased. -
Summer Series Week 6: The laser lady of Lauder
News article22 January 2016By day Penny Smale is a mum to two young boys, living on a rural property in the middle of a farming district in Central Otago. By night, she leaves home, walks the short distance to what is essentially a large outbuilding in a paddock, and fires lasers into the sky. -
Scientists delve deep into oceans’ climate secrets
News article21 January 2016NIWA’s research vessel Kaharoa carried out a three-week voyage to deploy the first Deep Argo floats to collect data on climate change at ocean depths of about 5700m.