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New Zealand has just experienced its warmest winter on record, according to official NIWA climate data.

NIWA scientists have made the rare discovery of a days-old ghost shark during a recent survey off the east coast of the South Island.

Scholarships available to both Masters and undergraduate students in the fields of fisheries science and marine biology.

These climate maps are updated daily and are based on data from our National Climate Database.

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An unavoidable delay in a research ship’s voyage to Antarctica resulted in some surprising and important findings about the behaviour of emperor penguins.

Sea surface temperatures in the southern Tasman Sea rose to exceptionally high levels in late 2017 and early 2018. These temperatures were far above any others previously observed at that time of year in the region, and extended west from New Zealand to Tasmania and mainland southeast Australia.

CASAL is an advanced software package developed by NIWA for fish stock assessment.

If you're collecting sea shells at the beach this summer and wondering what they are, NIWA is here to help.