Atmospheric analysis

NIWA’s mission is to support the wellbeing of Aotearoa New Zealand’s people and businesses through improved management of the environment, sustainable use of natural resources, and effective responses to global change.

NIWA, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, is a Crown Research Institute established in 1992. It operates as a stand-alone company with its own Board of Directors and Executive.

Supporting the sustainable growth of New Zealand’s aquaculture industry.

It has been a summer to remember, but not in a good way.

It has been a summer to remember, but not in a good way.

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

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

Supporting research on Antarctic atmospheric processes and aquatic ecosystems.

NIWA's vessels are world class environmental monitoring and research platforms.

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

NIWA Island Climate Update forecast maps

Scientists from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) have returned from a six-week voyage to Antarctica.