Some simple steps to minimise the effects of mining activities on water quality and mahinga kai.

NIWA is a major sponsor of the Auckland, Manukau City, North Harbour, Waikato, Wellington, Canterbury and Bay of Plenty – Science & Technology Fairs.

Objective: to observe the relationship between temperature and relative humidity.

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

Our southwest Pacific research focuses on recent and historic climate and weather activity, including our involvement in ACRE Pacific data rescue.

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All transmissions from GMS-5 are no longer received at NIWA’s satellite reception station in Wellington. We are working on an alternative data feed and will be able to bring back these images later this year. Once we start receiving data again, it will then be calibrated, re-mapped onto standard map projections, and archived.

Smelt have a distinctly forked tail and a strong cucumber smell.

Antarctica is experiencing stunning skyscapes like those recently seen in New Zealand, thanks to the afterglow effect from the Tongan volcano.

Damming water for urban use, hydro-electric power generation, irrigation, and other industrial and commercial uses.

The sex of tuna is not determined genetically, as in some other organisms.