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Where in New Zealand might you find a witchy finger sponge or a pie-crust crab? The answer will be found in New Zealand’s first series of electronic identification guides for marine invertebrates.

NIWA scientists are to undertake a major research project to determine how New Zealand’s marine ecosystems are faring under climate change.

The 2015 NIWA Regional Science & Technology Fairs have been a resounding success with over 1800 students competing from more than 130 schools.

Cyclone Pam’s furious flight path across the South Pacific in March this year illustrated the danger natural hazards pose to life, livelihoods and infrastructural development in the region.

The 2015 NIWA Regional Science and Technology Fairs have again been a resounding success.

An investigation in a Hamilton gully by Waikato secondary school student earned him top prize in the annual NIWA Waikato Regional Science and Technology Fair.

Budding scientists from all over the Wellington region are displaying their ingenuity, creativity and analytic skills at the annual NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair at Victoria University of Wellington this week.

Auckland students are putting their analytical powers to the test as they gear up for the NIWA Auckland City Science and Technology Fair this week.

When Cyclone Pam slammed into Vanuatu in May the vulnerability of Pacific’s island nations to extreme weather was again laid bare.

NIWA researchers have designed and built a machine that measures the strength of mussel shells that is partly based on the same technology used to open and close irrigation gates.

A new method of testing air quality in towns around New Zealand has been developed by NIWA scientists that could revolutionise the way communities can measure and control pollution.

Modern development and population growth have generated severe pollution problems in some Pacific Island nations.