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

Last Updated: July 2025

NIWA's research on freshwater monitoring and reporting is one of three research areas within the 'Values, Monitoring and Outcomes' (VMO) programme led by Landcare Research.

Impacts of mining on water quality and mahinga kai.

NIWA has working relationships with hundreds of organisations in New Zealand and overseas.

These datasets are available in a range of formats.

Like the GMS satellite, the NOAA Series of polar orbiting satellites (operated by NOAA, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) are a component of the World Weather Watch meteorological satellite network.

The world’s oceans are acidifying as a result of the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated by humanity.

Because of its exposure to disturbed weather systems from the Tasman Sea, this climate zone is often quite windy, but has few climate extremes.

NIWA's goal is to provide the science to help New Zealanders transition to a sustainable future.

Find out more about our water quality tools.