Our Services

The main purpose of Ngā Waihotanga Iho is to provide tools for the public to measure environmental changes that occur in estuaries over time. These changes may occur due to natural processes and/or human activities.

Growing global demand for protein and high-value food products from the sea is creating a significant economic opportunity for environmentally responsible and sustainable aquaculture.

Nutrition underpins the performance of fish stocks in terms of health, growth (production) and reproduction.

EcoConnect provides the New Zealand fishing industry with a unique operational decision-making tool to help mitigate commercial, operational, and environmental risk.

Our biosecurity management tools include: assessment models, field surveys, management advice and the testing of control methods.

The Spatial Population Model (SPM) can model populations over one or two areas, as well as populations in many hundreds of areas.

One of NIWA's core areas of research and consultancy services are the broodstock development of aquaculture species and breeding strategy.

Find out more about our specialist analytical services.

Consultancy services

We provide applied science and environmental consultancy services to support international development activities, with a particular focus on the Pacific and Asian regions.

How can we help you?

ESP3 is the main tool at NIWA for quantitative analysis of acoustic data.