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    2013 - Kermadec Trench

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    Scientists set sail on NIWA's research vessel Kaharoa this week to film and explore many aspects of life in deep-sea habitats, and capture fish that are new to science, in the Kermadec Trench, northeast of New Zealand.
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    Summer Series 4: Life in the (ex) stream - exploring New Zealand's fabulous freshwater fauna

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    Summer Series 3: A mako shark named Carol

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    Summer Series 2: Get summer sorted with NIWA’s online summertime toolkit

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    Whether you're at the beach, in the bach, on the boat or by the barbecue, summer holiday fun hinges on knowing when conditions outside will be favourable and not-so-favourable for the activities you have in mind.
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    Summer Series 1: Ready to rumble - the anatomy of a summer thunderstorm

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    Internationally significant CO2 site celebrates 40 years

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    New Study Measures Snowmelt into South Island Rivers

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    New Zealand Coastal Society Annual Conference: ‘Making Waves, 20 years and beyond’

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    How prepared are we for a major marine earthquake?

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    Significant Letter of Intent signed between world leading research organisation NOAA and NIWA

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    What are you eating? NZ scientists reclassify nori – the seaweed used to make sushi

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    Scientists discover freshwater flows affect polar oceanic microbes

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