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Great Humpback Whale Trail
Here is an insight into what Auckland University’s whale research team is up to in The Kermadecs. -
From shallows: moving from the familiar shores of Raoul Island to lesser known higher latitude Islands
Over the last few days the “dive team” have been recording corals, fishes, urchins and other invertebrates from the shallow waters (0-30m) surrounding Raoul Island to complement the biodiversity records from the deeper ocean collected by the other scientists onboard. -
Koha goes home – NIWA returns lost turtle to Kermadecs
Media release20 October 2016A critically endangered turtle today began a two-day journey back to its home in Rangitāhua, the Kermadecs. -
Beautiful Browns
An interactive guide to the large brown seaweeds of New Zealand. -
New NIWA Biodiversity Memoir on the diverse primnoid corals of New Zealand
News article08 September 2016Our latest 131 page NIWA Biodiversity Memoir is an initiative of the US/NZ Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) Marine and Ocean Theme. -
New Zealand sea lions and the threat of misinformation
Media release07 September 2016New Zealand is lucky to have its own sea lion. They were nearly driven to extinction more than 150 years ago by the first human settlers and then by commercial sealing—a story shared with nearly all seals. -
Critter of the Week: The flowering seapen
Anthoptilum grandiflorum (Verrill, 1879) is a species of Pennatulacea, or sea pen, in the octocoral group of Cnidaria. Octocorals are so named because they have 8 tentacles to each of their polyps. -
Penguins reveal unknown swimming talents
Media release12 August 2016The remarkable long distance swimming abilities of penguins have impressed NIWA scientists who have tracked almost 100 birds over winter in the Southern Ocean. -
The decline of New Zealand’s sea lions
Research ProjectThe main breeding population of New Zealand sea lions at the Auckland Islands has halved in size since the late-1990s; NIWA scientists are working with the government and experts from around New Zealand and overseas to understand why. -
Critter of the Week: The prickly king crab
The prickly king crab, Paralomis zealandica, is a member of the family Lithodidae, a mainly deepwater crustacean group that is probably better known by many people for its tasty leg meat. -
Spatial management of the Ross Sea
The fishery is managed differently depending on the region and specific environmental protection and fishery management objectives in the region.