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A successful electronic tagging project means scientists have made some important discoveries about spinetail devilrays.

Dr Rob Murdoch, General Manager of Research at NIWA has won the prestigious New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Award.

A tiny community of New Zealand sea lions on the Otago Peninsula is helping scientists solve the mystery of why some populations are doing better than others.

Another colossal squid is under examination in Wellington, but this one could fit in the palm of your hand.

NIWA scientists use the latest multibeam echo-sounding technology to generate new charts of the seafloor around Kapiti island.

Scientists from around the world will be at NIWA’s atmospheric research station in Central Otago next week to observe a rare astronomical event.

NIWA researchers have produced a series of calendars to inform people when New Zealand's native freshwater and sport fish are migrating and spawning.

NIWA's Dr Richard Querel's alma mater, University of Lethbridge in Alberta, has noted his ozone research on its website.

The World Meteorological Organisation Congress has confirmed NIWA's Lauder atmospheric research station as one of Earth's leading providers of upper-air data critical for measuring climate change.

A team of marine geoscientists from New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research begins mapping the submarine landscape of Kapiti Island and Coast on Friday, 5 June.

A climate scientist at NIWA’s Lauder Station research centre in Central Otago has stumbled across the oldest known mid-infrared spectra – scientific readings taken 30 years ago on 29 May 1985.

The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research has developed new tools that can help farmers decide when to irrigate or fertilise. But it needs farmers to test out the tools to ensure they are as practical and easy to use as possible.