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Environmental Flows Strategic Allocation Platform (EFSAP)
EFSAP is a water planning and management tool designed to assist with setting regional or large-scale water resource use limits for rivers. -
NIWA urges farmers to prepare for climate change
Media release06 June 2018NIWA is encouraging farmers to plan for climate change so they can maximise their abilities to adapt and thrive as significant change begins to take place. -
La Niña's gone; wild and unruly arrives
Media release29 May 2018We've got hot temperatures, we've got cold temperatures, freezing temperatures, ice, snow, hail, rain - and even a few rays of sunshine. And one very confused weather pattern. -
Well-informed, better prepared
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Underwater footage shows exceptional clarity of Te Waikoropupū Springs
Media release25 May 2018On the bottom of New Zealand’s largest freshwater springs is an underwater garden of vivid green, pinks and inky blues. -
Scientists bring in schoolchildren to help with air quality research
Media release22 May 2018Pupils at a Central Otago primary school are helping NIWA air quality scientists learn more about pollution in their town in a four-month project that will track where smoke comes from and where it goes over winter. -
Waikoropupu Springs video
NIWA freshwater scientists have completed monitoring the ultra-clear water of the Te Waikoropupū Springs near Takaka. -
2018 - Hikurangi subduction margin
VoyageTAN1712-1803 voyage report for ocean bottom seismograph recovery in support of seismic surveys (ORCSS 2 and 3): 3D survey offshore East Coast North Island -
NIWA undertakes an ambitious, complex seabed experiment
Media release07 May 2018One of the most challenging scientific underwater experiments ever attempted by NIWA is taking place this month on the Chatham Rise. -
2018 - Chatham Rise seabed
VoyageThe R V Tangaroa headed to the Chatham Rise from 9 May to 7 June 2018 to measure and monitor the effects of seabed disturbance on sealife.