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In determining a Judicial Review challenging the accuracy of NIWA's climate data and scientific methodology, High Court Judge Justice Venning was unequivocal in his findings, reinforcing NIWA's professionalism and credibility in this important area.

NIWA's has mapped the seabed off the coast of Otago, revealing the structure of nine canyons in the Great South Basin. This survey is providing new information about geological processes in the region as well as clues to what types of life might exist on the seafloor. 

These latest infra-red satellite images of ash clouds over New Zealand were created using the NOAA 18 and 19 satellites. 

NIWA will continue, as planned, to support Lauder as a key facility in our atmospheric research portfolio.

Moored underwater cameras have exposed the secret lives of orange roughy nearly 900 metres below the ocean surface.