An interactive guide to the sponges of New Zealand.

NIWA provides ambient air quality monitoring services using low-cost ODIN (Outdoor Dust Information Node) sensors.

Commercial eel fishery in New Zealand began in earnest in the 1960s and expanded rapidly until the early 1970s

Instream barriers and diversions alter the natural flow of rivers, streams, and lakes.

Dry stock farms can cover large areas of hill-country grassland that may be steep and prone to erosion.

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Identifying biological factors that may be limiting fish numbers requires sampling to ensure that key invertebrate prey species are not scarce and that pest fish, especially predators, are not abundant.

At the age of seven, NIWA’s youngest climate scientist, Nava Fedaeff, swapped sub-arctic Siberia for balmy Auckland – and her first job was to learn to swim.

Today's UV Index

Southland is both the most southerly and most westerly part of New Zealand and generally is the first to be influenced by weather systems moving onto the country from the west or south.

Kōaro are excellent climbers and like clear, swiftly flowing, forested streams.

We sponsor regional science and technology fairs around New Zealand and support learning programmes that bring science into the classroom.