At the age of seven, NIWA’s youngest climate scientist, Nava Fedaeff, swapped sub-arctic Siberia for balmy Auckland – and her first job was to learn to swim.

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

The largest member of the Galaxiidae family.

A habitat is an environment or place where animals normally live.

Opportunities for students

In this climate education resource, you can download this climate summary in a range of formats.

As this region is sheltered by high country to the south and east, it has less wind than many other parts of New Zealand.

NIWA has developed a real time UV display in consultation with the Cancer Society and Sunsmart.

Find out more about emergent aquatic plants.

To prepare for changes in climate, our freshwater and oceans decision-makers need information on species vulnerability to climate change.