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Tuna
Tuna or freshwater eels are a very significant, widely-valued, heavily-exploited, culturally iconic mahinga kai resource. -
National and regional climate maps
Research ProjectMaps of average annual rainfall, temperature and other climate variables have been produced for all of New Zealand, based on the period 1981–2010. -
Station details
Station height is in metres above mean sea level. Years of data are the number of complete years of data for the 1981 – 2010 period. -
NIWA staff profile: Nava Fedaeff
Feature story06 June 2017At the age of seven, NIWA’s youngest climate scientist, Nava Fedaeff, swapped sub-arctic Siberia for balmy Auckland – and her first job was to learn to swim. -
Tuna aquaculture - New Zealand
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. -
Map Scott
Education ResourceScott Base, Antarctica Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent. -
Wastewater treatment activities
Rural, urban, and suburban wastewater treatment methods. -
Riparian vegetation and agriculture
How may agricultural activities impact riparian vegetation around a waterway? -
Scholarships
Scholarships available to both Masters and undergraduate students in the fields of fisheries science and marine biology. -
Methane
FacilityMethane (CH4) is the second most important greenhouse gas after CO2 that is produced by human activities. -
RV Tangaroa
FacilityRV Tangaroa is New Zealand’s only ice strengthened and dynamically positioned deep-water research vessel.