NIWA is leading a new six-year research project that seeks to increase our understanding of piharau/kanakana/lamprey, using Mātauranga Māori, social science and biophysical science approaches.

NIWA is a major sponsor of the Auckland, Manukau City, North Harbour, Waikato, Wellington, Canterbury and Bay of Plenty – Science & Technology Fairs.

Virtual climate station estimates are produced every day, based on the spatial interpolation of actual data observations made at climate stations located around the country.

Objective: to observe the relationship between temperature and relative humidity.

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All transmissions from GMS-5 are no longer received at NIWA’s satellite reception station in Wellington. We are working on an alternative data feed and will be able to bring back these images later this year. Once we start receiving data again, it will then be calibrated, re-mapped onto standard map projections, and archived.

Smelt have a distinctly forked tail and a strong cucumber smell.

Damming water for urban use, hydro-electric power generation, irrigation, and other industrial and commercial uses.

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.