An interactive guide to the sponges of New Zealand.

This collaborative NZaid project worked with coastal Fijian villagers at Votua on the Coral Coast of Viti Levu to develop pragmatic water supply and waste treatment solutions to protect public health and reduce contamination of coastal waters.

A summary of up-coming tropical cyclone seasons, issued 6-monthly.

NIWA's seafood sector work comprises our fish, fisheries and aquaculture research and consultancy.

Scientists exploring the Kermadec Trench believe they have retrieved the deepest ever sediment sample from the bottom of the ocean using a wire-deployed corer.

Reports produced by NIWA’s air quality research.

Common questions about clouds, how they are formed and how they behave.

This identification guide covers the common crustose coralline algae found in central New Zealand.

The climate of Otago is perhaps the most diverse of any region in New Zealand.

This web camera is available thanks to the support of Waikato Regional Council.

NIWA maintains the national climate database for New Zealand, and can supply data in a variety of ways.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is charged with assessing the most up to date scientific, technical and socio-economic research on climate change.