Projections of how climate change is likely to affect New Zealand.

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.

The land used to produce crops is usually flat to gently rolling so it can be tilled, sowed, and harvested.

How may forestry activities increase sediments in waterways?

We can supply a wide range of weather or climate monitoring instruments from single parameter sensors to fully equipped and installed climate stations.

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

Read about how NIWA can map any aspect of climate to help guide your organisation's response to a changing and variable climate.

The 3-panel Soil Moisture Deficit (SMD) map shows the historical soil moisture deficit at the date shown (left), the soil moisture deficit at the same time last year (middle) and the current soil moisture deficit (right).

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 New Zealand Palaeotsunami Database (Database) brings together all known information about tsunamis that occurred prior to written records.