Oceans

An unavoidable delay in a research ship’s voyage to Antarctica resulted in some surprising and important findings about the behaviour of emperor penguins.

The coldest seawater on earth could help scientists understand why Antarctic sea ice is growing in a warming world

Charts of coastal bathymetry, sediment, and other information are available for purchase.

Useful information and resources on New Zealand's marine flora and invertebrate fauna.

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.

An interactive guide to the intertidal sponges of New Zealand.

NIWA puts a lot of things in the ocean—instruments tied to moorings, floats that dive up and down measuring what’s going on in the water, and video cameras that monitor fish.