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Ocean Census – Bounty Trough research voyage
VoyageA team of scientists spent 21 days investigating the unexplored Bounty Trough -
Bounty Trough - voyage update #2
Greetings from the Bounty Trough! -
Cyclone impacts on fisheries and seabed ecosystems - KAH 2303 & 2306
VoyageKaharoa Voyages KAH 2303 & 2306 -
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea: Uncovering mysteries of the deep ocean
Media release27 June 2023Scientists have returned from a 14-day expedition to one of the most unexplored parts of the ocean. -
2023 - Antarctic voyage TAN2302
VoyageIn 2023, RV Tangaroa undertook a 45-day voyage to the Southern Ocean and Ross Sea (TAN2301) between January 11 and February 24, 2023. -
Record low sea ice levels mixed bag for Antarctic voyage
Media release23 February 2023Scientists from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) have returned from a six-week voyage to Antarctica. -
TAN2302 Voyage update 1
One of our main tasks for this voyage is to better understand the geographic distribution - biogeography - of Antarctic organisms in the western Ross Sea, from the frozen coast out onto the continental shelf at 500m deep. -
Researchers to unveil Antarctic secrets
Media release11 January 2023As New Zealanders search for the summer sun, 38 researchers and crew will board RV Tangaroa tomorrow for a six-week science voyage deep into the waters of Antarctica. -
Chinese and New Zealand Scientists dive to one of the ocean's deepest regions
Media release27 November 2022A New Zealand scientist and a submersible pilot from China have become the first women to dive to Scholl Deep in the Kermadec Trench, 10 km below sea level. -
2022 - Tonga post-eruption
NIWA is leading a voyage (TAN2206), between 9th April and 6th May 2022 to Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha’apai (HT-HH) volcano within the Kingdom of Tonga. -
2022 - Tasman Sea tsunami
VoyageYou’ll be blown away by what these women in science are doing onboard RV Tangaroa in the Tasman sea! -
NIWA-Nippon Seabed Mapping Project a “rare opportunity” to study effects of Tonga eruption
Media release01 April 2022NIWA and The Nippon Foundation are undertaking a mission to discover the undersea impacts of the recent Tongan volcanic eruption.