Common questions about storms and cyclones in New Zealand.

This Statement of Corporate Intent (SCI) sets out NIWA's strategy for delivering against its core purpose over the next five years.

Tuna, or freshwater eels, are the most widespread freshwater fish in New Zealand. This 'living' educational resource summarises a large amount of scientific and technical literature.

If you're moving to join us here at NIWA, we want to say thanks for choosing us by helping you with your big move.

One of the major consequences of climate change is rising global sea levels.

Land is tilled, sowed, and harvested for horticultural crops to grow.

Diverting water changes a waterways natural flow

Write a report, with guided questions, to answer the question: “How cold is the Antarctic?”

New Zealand's first eel farm was established in 1971. Despite other farms opening in later years, no eel farms remained by the start of the 1980s.

Learn about different kinds of beachs and how they form, with diagrams and examples of each type.

NIWA’s climate scientists can now confirm what you may have suspected. After carefully poring through more than a century’s worth of data, it has been officially determined that winter 2022 was Aotearoa New Zealand’s warmest and wettest on record.