NIWA aims to provide the knowledge needed for the sound environmental management of our marine resources.
Oceans
Oceans
NIWA aims to provide the knowledge needed for the sound environmental management of our marine resources.
Seabed 2030
NIWA is leading a New Zealand partnership to map the South and West Pacific Ocean's seabed as part of a worldwide initiative to map the entire globe’s seafloor.
Norse goddess reveals seabed secrets
11 February 2021
A large, orange Scandinavian robot gives NIWA’s marine geologists an in-depth look at changes to the seafloor off Kaikōura.
Scientists get to the bottom of it
Our team of researchers have recently returned from a voyage onboard RV Tangaroa to retrieve moorings deployed to collect sediment samples from the Kaikōura Canyon.
Queen of the critters
11 February 2021
Sadie Mills has come a long way from scaring the inhabitants of Scottish rock pools. Sarah Fraser explains.
Hazards in the Tasman Sea
You’ll be blown away by what these women in science are up to onboard this RV Tangaroa voyage to the Tasman Sea.
A job for the buoys
11 February 2021
New Zealanders and Pacific Island communities are on their way to having the most advanced tsunami monitoring system in the world.
Microplastics: a deeper problem than we thought?
There is increasing global concern about the presence of plastic pollution in our oceans.
