Oceans

RV Tangaroa is New Zealand’s only ice strengthened and dynamically positioned deep-water research vessel.

An interactive guide to the sponges of New Zealand.

New Zealand faces a variety of hazards associated with undersea geological activity.

We are currently steaming out towards our survey area, the Louisville Seamount Chain, which is about 1500 km from Wellington.

A basket star was the first reported animal trawled up from the deep sea back in the early 1800s so they have a spot in the history books of deep ocean exploration.

Casal2 is an advanced software package developed by NIWA for modelling the population dynamics of marine species.

NIWA collects wave data, develops and verifies wave forecasting systems, and is developing and producing wave projections.

This identification guide covers the common crustose coralline algae found in central New Zealand.

NIWA oceanographer Dr Cliff Law explains the impacts of ocean acidification on organisms that use carbonates to build their shells, and on bacteria.

NIWA scientists have made the rare discovery of a days-old ghost shark during a recent survey off the east coast of the South Island.