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Seabed 2030
Did you know NIWA is leading a NZ partnership in a worldwide initiative to map the entire globe’s seafloor? Found out more about the Seabed 2030 initiative. -
Surveying scallop populations with artificial intelligence
News article21 December 2021Developing a non-invasive automated method of counting and measuring scallops to monitor their populations. -
2021 - Macquarie Ridge
VoyageRV Tangaroa has sailed to the Macquarie Ridge to under charter by Australia’s CSIRO Marine National Facility to recover ocean bottom seismometers and acquire multibeam sonar and sub‐bottom profile data in the Macquarie Island region. -
Stewart Island gets new electronic weather station
Media release24 August 2021A closer eye is now being kept on Stewart Island’s climate thanks to the installation of a new electronic weather station. -
Surveying scallops populations with artificial intelligence
Developing innovative, non-invasive alternatives for surveying scallops and harvesting. -
The fine art of forecasting
Feature story04 August 2021Susan Pepperell looks at how high-resolution forecasting is driving sharper decision making – from deep in the back country to the finish line of the America’s Cup. -
Supercharging the view from above
Feature story04 August 2021From the rocky shores of Wellington’s South Coast to the icy waters of Antarctica, NIWA scientists are combining drone technology with advanced computer skills to map, measure and analyse the natural environment as never before. Campbell Gardiner explains. -
Know your snow
Feature story04 August 2021With the winter snowpack starting to build, who’s keeping an eye out on conditions in the mountains? -
Putting the weather on ice
Feature story04 August 2021Sam Fraser-Baxter catches up with a Fiji-born weather technician with a newfound love for the cold -
The largest flood flow ever measured
Media release29 July 2021Flood flows on the Buller River this month were the largest of any river in Aotearoa New Zealand in almost 100 years, NIWA measurements show. -
Murchison Mountains electronic weather station (EWS)
The Murchison mountains SIN station is located at 1140 m elevation in Fiordland National Park. Because of the low elevation, snow often comes and goes throughout the winter season. Snow records start in 2012. -
Castle Mount electronic weather station (EWS)
Castle Mount electronic weather station is at 2000 m elevation on an exposed site above the Milford Track. Records here begin in 2012. Strong winds limit snow accumulation during the winter.
