Atmospheric analysis

NIWA has been using advanced scientific instruments to measure atmospheric trace gases and isotopes for over 50 years.

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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 Project
    Maps of average annual rainfall, temperature and other climate variables have been produced for all of New Zealand, based on the period 1981–2010.
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    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.
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    NIWA staff profile: Nava Fedaeff

    Feature story
    At 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.
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    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.
  • Seasonal Climate Outlooks can help your business succeed

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    Map Scott

    Education Resource
    Scott Base, Antarctica Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent.
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    Wastewater treatment activities

    Rural, urban, and suburban wastewater treatment methods.
  • Riparian vegetation and agriculture

    How may agricultural activities impact riparian vegetation around a waterway?
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    Scholarships

    Scholarships available to both Masters and undergraduate students in the fields of fisheries science and marine biology.
  • Methane

    Facility
    Methane (CH4) is the second most important greenhouse gas after CO2 that is produced by human activities.
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    RV Tangaroa

    Facility
    RV Tangaroa is New Zealand’s only ice strengthened and dynamically positioned deep-water research vessel.