On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

News

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

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    Vital areas of New Zealand’s seafloor to be revealed in detail for the first time

    News article
    06 May 2012
    Oceans

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    First-of-its-kind climate change toolbox to assess impacts on the urban environment

    News article
    04 May 2012
    Climate change

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    Robot spies make new science discoveries in Fiordland’s World Heritage Park

    News article
    10 April 2012

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    Spying on our great white sharks

    News article
    10 April 2012
    Scientists have just completed a successful trip to Stewart Island, tagging 23 great white sharks.
    Oceans

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    Flyathalon - NIWA gives aquatic insects an obstacle course

    News article
    23 March 2012

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    David Wratt awarded QSO for services to science

    News article
    13 March 2012

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    First-of-its-kind study finds wild mussel beds may recover

    News article
    13 March 2012

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    NIWA scientist studies the mixing of river and sea and asks: Where do river sediments go?

    News article
    05 March 2012

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    Pig power science yields good results in NZ and overseas

    News article
    27 February 2012

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Outlook - Feb 2012

    News article
    09 February 2012

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    Supergiant amphipods discovered 7 kilometres deep

    News article
    03 February 2012

  • Link to source page

    (no image provided)

    Ship sounds act as magnets to hull-fouling organisms

    News article
    30 January 2012