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The great debate: when does summer begin? 

21 December 2021
This Wednesday 22nd December, the sun reaches its highest position in the sky. It will be the Southern Hemisphere’s longest day of the year. Also known as the summer solstice, it marks the start of astronomical summer. But hang on, didn’t summer already begin? 
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NIWA celebrates its Science New Zealand Award winners for 2021

20 December 2021
Government scientists celebrated their 2021 award winners at the annual Science New Zealand awards celebration virtually this year.
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Notification of COVID-19 vaccination status of NIWA workplaces

3 December 2021
NIWA’s priority is to provide the safest possible working environment for all our staff and people who work with us in our workplaces, in the context of the increasing community transmission of COVID-19. As we all move to the NZ COVID-19 protection framework, NIWA is proposing to introduce a Vaccinated Workplace Policy from 15 December 2021.
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Volunteers needed to unlock historic weather secrets

Volunteers needed to unlock historic weather secrets

30 October 2018
NIWA climate scientists are calling for volunteers to unearth weather secrets from the past – including those recorded by members of Captain Robert Scott’s doomed trip to the South Pole in 1912.

2018 - Salp bloom

2018 - Salp bloom

23 October 2018

The RV Tangaroa headed out to the Chatham Rise on 23 October 2018 for a month long voyage that with a focus on the special role sea salps play in carbon cycling, and where they fit in marine food webs off the New Zealand coast.

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30 November 2021
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Our seas are sizzling again

Coastal sea temperatures around Aotearoa New Zealand have risen well above average, NIWA forecasters say.
25 November 2021
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Dramatic first weeks for Wellington’s newly hatched kororā

Two kororā chicks – also known as little blue penguins – have hatched in Wellington. They were born in a protective nest box in Evan’s Bay, set up by NIWA and Places for Penguins, in partnership with the Urban Wildlife Trust.
21 October 2021
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Opening windows and doors “one of the best ways” to remove Covid-19 from classroom air

One of the best ways to reduce the likelihood of Covid-19 being transmitted in Aotearoa New Zealand classrooms is simply by opening doors and windows to create natural ventilation, say NIWA air quality experts.
16 October 2021
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Researchers produce stunning images

A break in the clouds in a remote Fiordland valley and a chance encounter with a jellyfish under the Antarctic ice provide just some of the highlights from this year’s NIWA Staff Photography competition.
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