Coastal hazards

Prior to 15 January, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai was a little-known undersea South Pacific volcano with a long name. Within 24 hours, it  was a global phenomenon – the site of the largest atmospheric explosion in almost 150 years. Jessica Rowley looks at why a remote Tongan volcano took the world by storm.

Specialised monitoring equipment has been installed in Bay of Plenty estuaries to understand whether our coastal wetlands can survive the threat of inevitable sea-level rise.

NIWA and Surf Life Saving New Zealand are working together to develop a state-of-the-art, rip current identification tool underpinned by artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technologies.

You’ll be blown away by what these women in science are doing onboard RV Tangaroa in the Tasman sea!

The three-year PARTneR–2 project aims to help countries in the Pacific become more resilient to the impacts of climate-related hazards.

We combine capabilities in weather, wave, storm surge and tide forecasting with tide gauge observations.

New Zealanders and Pacific Island communities are on their way to having the most advanced tsunami monitoring system in the world.

A network of state-of-the-art tsunami buoys is being deployed from New Zealand up into the Pacific to keep communities safer.

NIWA scientists have completed the first national assessment of people and buildings at risk in New Zealand’s tsunami evacuation zones.

A little can mean a lot – especially when it comes to the relationship between sea level rise and coastal flooding.

NIWA is using serious games to look at problems holistically, support understanding and give a framework for climate change adaptation decision-making.

A trio of lead authors from NIWA has been named alongside the Ministry for the Environment and others as joint winner of the 2018 Terry Healy Coastal Project Award.