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Scientists conducting snapper research off North Island’s west coast
Media release06 October 2020People along the Kapiti and Wanganui coast may spot NIWA’s research vessel Kaharoa operating close to shore in the next few weeks as scientists carry out a survey of snapper, tarakihi, red gurnard and John Dory. -
NIWA research vessel returns home after epic voyage
Media release05 October 2020After 75 nights at sea all the temporary master of NIWA research vessel Kaharoa could think about today was getting off the ship and having a beer. -
New tsunami monitoring system for Pacific
Feature story22 September 2020A network of state-of-the-art tsunami buoys is being deployed from New Zealand up into the Pacific to keep communities safer. -
2020 - Separation Point nursery
VoyageNIWA researchers are heading out from Tasman early next week to survey an area thought to be home to important juvenile fish nurseries. -
Tsunami evacuation zones home to 1 in 10 New Zealanders
Media release19 August 2020NIWA scientists have completed the first national assessment of people and buildings at risk in New Zealand’s tsunami evacuation zones. -
2020 - Seamount Communities
VoyageSeamounts, knolls, and hills are prominent features of underwater topography in the New Zealand region and are often sites of high biodiversity and productivity. -
Researchers on hunt for fish nurseries
Media release07 August 2020NIWA researchers are heading out from Tasman early next week to survey an area thought to be home to important juvenile fish nurseries. -
Squat lobster memoir hot off the press
Media release06 August 2020After a decade-long effort, NIWA’s latest Biodiversity Memoir has just rolled off the presses. Written by marine biologist Kareen Schnabel, the 350-page treatise presents everything we currently know about the different kinds of squat lobster living in New Zealand’s waters. -
Nameless nodes get new look from NIWA
Media release29 July 2020At the bottom of the Southern Ocean, near Cape Adare in East Antarctica, lies an undersea ridge which until this month was only known by its co-ordinates: -71.2132 latitude, 172.1649 longitude. -
Can sound be used to characterise gas composition in the water column?
Underwater gas bubbles acoustic monitoring and seabed mapping around Whakaari Island -
Tracking our ocean wanderers
Feature story28 July 2020Albatrosses may be masters of the skies, but they are surprisingly vulnerable on the water. Campbell Gardiner talks to two scientists working to keep these magnificent seabirds airborne. -
A cold day in the office
Feature story28 July 2020Five specialist NIWA divers were left ‘gasping’ during their recent plunge under the ice near Scott Base.