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An update for 20 October describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A critically endangered turtle today began a two-day journey back to its home in Rangitāhua, the Kermadecs.

Marino Tahi is a man who speaks volumes between sentences.

Moderate La Niña or neutral tropical conditions expected to produce near average activity across most islands.

From one pole to the other, NIWA scientists work in some of the world’s most extraordinary landscapes.

NIWA scientists are this week making the final preparations for one of the organisation’s busiest summers at Antarctica.

And... what would that mean for New Zealand?

Do you know where in New Zealand to find Neptune’s necklace or rimurapa? Or how to tell apart Carpophyllum from Cystophora?

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.

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.