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

  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    Soil moisture levels across the North Island have remained largely unchanged when compared to this time last week.
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    Voyage to discover secrets of marine food web

    News article
    Scientists are beginning a voyage to the middle of the marine food web today to find out more about one of the most complex networks on the planet.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    A hotspot persists and has expanded in the Wairarapa region. In the South Island, hotspots exist in eastern Marlborough and from central Canterbury through to northeast Otago.
  • Deep South National Science Challenge projects confirmed

    Media release
    Understanding our future climate so New Zealanders can adapt and thrive is the aim of the Deep South National Science Challenge, which today announced its first allocation of funds to improve predictions of climate change.
  • 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 contribution to Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report

    News article
    The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has released a report warning that New Zealand needs to better prepare for rising seas on its coastal towns and cities.
  • The Fishes of New Zealand

    Media release
    Te Papa has released a publication containing information, including pictures, distribution maps for all 1,262 known fish species found in our waters.
  • 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.
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    The seesawing climate system

    News article
    New Zealand scientists are part of an international team that has documented duelling ocean and atmospheric heat transport during periods of abrupt climate change.
  • 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
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
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    NIWA launches high resolution flood forecasting

    Feature story
    There was a common factor in the floods that hit swathes of New Zealand midway through this year – they were all forecastable.