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Chinese and New Zealand Scientists dive to one of the ocean's deepest regions
Media release27 November 2022Scholl Deep is the deepest known point of the Kermadec Trench, which lies to the north of New Zealand. -
2022 - Tonga post-eruption
A NIWA led voyage from 9 April to May 2022 to the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in 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. -
2022 - Chatham Trawl Survey
VoyageThe NIWA research ship Tangaroa was chartered by the Ministry of Primary Industries to survey the hoki fishery on the Chatham Rise during January 2022. -
2021 - Kaikōura Canyon
VoyageKaikōura Canyon reveals its muddy secrets -
2021 - Macquarie Ridge
VoyageRV Tangaroa has sailed to the Macquarie Ridge to under charter by Australia’s CSIRO Marine National Facility to recover ocean bottom seismometers and acquire multibeam sonar and sub‐bottom profile data in the Macquarie Island region. -
Study discovers microplastics in New Zealand’s seabed
Media release16 July 2021A pilot study carried out by NIWA and the University of Auckland has found microplastics in samples collected from the seafloor in the Marlborough Sounds. -
Lost scientific buoy recovered from Kāpiti seafloor
News article04 May 2021Researchers have recovered a scientific buoy from the Kāpiti Marine Reserve that went missing in late March. -
2021 - Hikurangi margin
VoyageUnderwater Remotely Operated Vehicle helping scientists collect the latest earthquake data. -
2021 - Antarctic Voyage
RV Tangaroa undertook a 45-day voyage to the Southern Ocean and Ross Sea in January-February, 2021. -
NIWA heads to Antarctica for critical climate, ocean research
Media release08 January 2021NIWA’s flagship research vessel Tangaroa leaves soon on a six-week voyage to Antarctica, making it one of the few full scientific expeditions to the continent since the global outbreak of COVID-19.