The largest member of the Galaxiidae family.

A habitat is an environment or place where animals normally live.

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

Opportunities for students

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

In this climate education resource, you can download this climate summary in a range of formats.

As this region is sheltered by high country to the south and east, it has less wind than many other parts of New Zealand.

NIWA has developed a real time UV display in consultation with the Cancer Society and Sunsmart.

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.

Find out more about emergent aquatic plants.