NIWA is managed by an Executive Team reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. Science and operational matters are handled by two sub-groups.

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.

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

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Your task is to create a model of the data to predict the times during the year that a location would be pleasant to visit

Al Brown is an award-winning chef, co-owner of Wellington’s Logan Brown restaurant, television presenter on Hunger for the Wild, writer, and fisherman.

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

There are several definitions of drought, depending upon whether it is viewed as a hazard or a risk.

Has a receding lower jaw and black spots behind the head.

Compound specific stable isotope analysis techniques are an increasingly useful tool to address many ecological and environmental research questions.

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