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

An overview of Science at NIWA

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

In this blog series, we feature a new critter from our expansive invertebrate collection including pictures of specimens in their unique habitat. The blogs also feature news, links and fun facts that showcase New Zealand’s fascinating marine fauna.

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.

NIWA is managed by an Executive Team reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. Science and operational matters are handled by two sub-groups.

Banded kōkopu juveniles are very good climbers and will try to escape from buckets by clinging to and wriggling up the sides.

A range of different mining techniques have been developed to obtain these valuable resources

Digital copies of all our annual reports published since 2011.

Your task is to create a model of the data to predict the times during the year that a location would be pleasant to visit