New Zealand has low-lying coastal areas that are vulnerable to inundation (flooding) by the sea.

Pauanui North station

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

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

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.

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

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.