On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

  • Methane drone in action

    Methane monitoring advances promise benefits for agriculture and waste sectors

    Media release
    Accurately measuring methane emissions, verifying sources and validating efforts to reduce them.
  • MethaneSAT Mission

    Loss of contact with MethaneSAT satellite won’t stop agricultural emissions research

    Media release
    Earth Sciences New Zealand statement on loss of contact with MethaneSAT satellite. 
  • Earth Sciences

    A new era for New Zealand science

    Media release
    Today marks the first day of Earth Sciences New Zealand and the start of a new era for science.
  • NIWA’s atmospheric research station at Lauder, Central Otago

    2002 UV workshop

    2002 UV workshop presentations.
  • Photo comp winner

    Better forecasting fish abundances under climate change

    Research Project
    NIWA are developing a modelling approach to better predict fish abundances in the past, to then be able to forecast fish abundances in the future under climate change and fishing scenarios
  • Matariki star cluster

    Matariki 2025 viewing conditions

    Media release
    When will I be able to see Matariki rising?
  • Internal wave at poor knights

    The I-MIX Project

    Research Project
    How Internal wave MIXing is altered by climate change and what are the consequences for ecosystems?
  • Native forests sink more carbon than expected

    Media release
    A NIWA-led study has found New Zealand’s native forests are absorbing more carbon dioxide (CO2) than previously thought.
  • Dobson ozone spectrophotometer dome. Measures total column Ozone.

    2010 UV workshop

    2010 UV workshop presentations.
  • NIWA's atmospheric research station situated at Lauder

    2006 UV workshop

    2006 UV workshop presentations.
  • Fish

    Marine carbon

    Service
    NIWA has the expertise, facilities and vessels to conduct research on marine carbon around the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, and from the South Pacific to Antarctica.
  • Lake restoration gets global spotlight

    Media release
    An ambitious plan to reverse the decline of the largest lake in Northland is set to gain global attention at an upcoming international gathering of lake management experts in Australia.