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The prodigious rainmaker that hit Canterbury earlier this month saw NIWA field teams out in the elements collecting flood data from bridges, cableways and jetboat gaugings.

What does science tell us about New Zealand lamprey?

A NIWA-led collaboration is seeing atmospheric measurements taken from Antarctica’s Ross Island added to a highly respected international climate data reference network.

NIWA forecasters say expected clear skies are looking good for spotting the Super Blood Moon on Wednesday night.

A NIWA scientist is asking for the help of skiers, mountaineers and alpine professionals to collect snow for a new research project.

Environmental monitoring technician Patrick Butler has spent hours travelling between the upper and lower reaches of Canterbury’s Waimakariri and Hurunui Rivers. His mission – river water quality sampling.

A Central Otago scientific research station with a globally revered reputation is marking its 60th anniversary.

Researchers have recovered a scientific buoy from the Kāpiti Marine Reserve that went missing in late March.

When high winds on the Auckland Harbour Bridge last September caused two trucks to topple over, one into a load-bearing strut, NIWA scientists began thinking about what role they could play in preventing it from happening again.

A joint NIWA and Department of Conservation (DOC) project is extending New Zealand’s ocean acidification monitoring network to include marine reserves.

Final Hotspot Watch update for this season. Weekly Hotspot Watches will return in the spring.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.