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

  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    Changes 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.
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    Tropical cyclone update #2

    News article
    Niwa meteorologists continue to cast a watchful eye over two strengthening tropical cyclones in the South Pacific.
  • 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.
  • Tropical cyclone update #1

    News article
    NIWA meteorologists are monitoring the potential for ex-tropical cyclones to affect New Zealand early next week.
  • The search for yellow octopus

    News article
    One 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 story
    NIWA’s climate scientists are working to improve seasonal climate forecasts.
  • 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.
  • Meeting the challenge of ocean acidification

    Feature story
    New 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

    Hotspot
    A 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

    Hotspot
    Over 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 article
    By 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 article
    NIWA’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.