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This is the final Hotspot Watch for this season. The Hotspot Watch will return in the spring.

NIWA scientists have mapped the whole of Lake Wānaka in incredible detail.  

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

Scientists have found evidence of sediment impacts on seafloor ecosystems following Cyclone Gabrielle.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

In 2016, NIWA technician Rod Budd is doing a routine dive under the Antarctic ice at Cape Evans, studying the creatures that live there.

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A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A team of NIWA scientific divers have successfully searched for a freshwater freak of nature in Otago’s alpine lakes.

Ship anchors may cause extensive and long-lasting damage to the seafloor, according to new NIWA research.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.