Scott Base, Antarctica Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent.

A handful of species we work on

Northland, with its northern location, low elevation and close proximity to the sea is characterised by a mild, humid, and rather windy climate.

Aotearoa’s main urban areas cover approximately 2% of total available land.

Explore our education and information section to find out about climate and climate change, weather, our atmosphere, estuaries and more.

Here is our complete range of products.

Returning water to our waterways after we’ve used it in our homes, on farms and in industry is a complex and challenging process.

Trees are grown and converted into a range of useful timber and paper products.

All species of freshwater tuna spawn at sea, although the spawning grounds of only four species are known with certainty worldwide.

CASAL is an advanced software package developed by NIWA for fish stock assessment.