An interactive guide to the sponges of New Zealand.

Plants and trees along the water margins and banks are called riparian vegetation.

Hydro-electricity is a renewable energy source that relies on the inflow of water into storage lakes upstream of a dam.

These datasets are available in a range of formats.

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

Plots of UV levels throughout the day at different locations.

NIWA is today issuing some scientific information on the parasite Bonamia ostreae, recently discovered in Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island, and the risk it poses to the Bluff oyster fishery.

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

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.

A handful of species we work on

NIWA provides ambient air quality monitoring services using low-cost ODIN (Outdoor Dust Information Node) sensors.