Monthly climate summaries from December 2001 to the present.

NIWA has developed a powerful software tool for the analysis of water quality data.

How do agricultural activities potentially influence water flows?

Māori have an extensive knowledge of the ecology of freshwater eels, and have maintained their customary fisheries for several centuries.

Hydrocarbons, although requiring increasingly responsible use, are still an essential part of our modern economy. NIWA has provided survey and consultancy services related to the exploration of offshore mineral resources for thirty years.

NIWA develops and supplies custom software for environmental analysis and modelling.

The condition of many NZ lakes is under threat from land-use changes and the invasion of alien aquatic plants.

This is a sub-tropical climate zone, with warm humid summers and mild winters.

A basket star was the first reported animal trawled up from the deep sea back in the early 1800s so they have a spot in the history books of deep ocean exploration.

NIWA discusses, in depth, this year's most asked question—what is happening to our fresh waterways?

A list all of New Zealand's freshwater fish species.