Atmospheric analysis

Our latest 131 page NIWA Biodiversity Memoir is an initiative of the US/NZ Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) Marine and Ocean Theme.

New Zealand is lucky to have its own sea lion. They were nearly driven to extinction more than 150 years ago by the first human settlers and then by commercial sealing—a story shared with nearly all seals.

NIWA forecasters believe that winter will return with a vengeance from tomorrow.

Some of the students competing in the Wellington Science and Technology Fair talk about their projects.

The 2016 NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair has again been a resounding success, with more than 500 intermediate and secondary school students taking part.

NIWA Forecaster Ben Noll hosts a broad-brush regional outlook for New Zealand's temperature and rainfall over the next three months.

The 2016 North Island NIWA regional science and technology fairs have now taken place and NIWA congratulates all winners and participants.

It’s time to close the door on winter – spring will be here on Thursday bearing gifts of warm winds and sunshine for September.

Information about the Australasian Quaternary Association conference in Auckland in December 2016.

The type of sediment that is deposited in your estuary, be it mud or sand, and how quickly it is deposited, has a big influence on what your estuary will look like, how clear the water will be, and the types of plants and animals that can live in it. Download 7 guides for this module.

Anthoptilum grandiflorum (Verrill, 1879) is a species of Pennatulacea, or sea pen, in the octocoral group of Cnidaria. Octocorals are so named because they have 8 tentacles to each of their polyps.

Rangiora residents willing to contribute to a community project about the quality of air in their town are being sought by NIWA scientists to help with their research.