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NIWA expertise contributes to healthy hoki fishery
Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 10:56 am | NIWA
When NIWA fisheries scientist Richard O’Driscoll went to sea earlier this year, he and his team measured so many fish that laid end to end, they would have stretched for 31km. More >>
Swamp kauri providing a window to the past for scientists
Monday, 26 February 2018, 9:03 am | NIWA
Dr Andrew Lorrey says kauri is a special species - mature trees live from 600 to 1000 years “if left to their own devices” - and provide important insight into long-term change. More >>
Five more days from the official hottest summer on record
Friday, 23 February 2018, 10:17 am | NIWA
Despite a sub-tropical storm and two ex-tropical cyclones, this summer is about to become the hottest in history. There are just five days of summer left and unless they are unprecedentedly cold, NIWA climate scientists say this summer will surpass ... More >>
Scientists send snapper to boot camp
Monday, 19 February 2018, 11:27 am | NIWA
At a laboratory just outside Whangarei, scientists are putting very young snapper through comprehensive physical testing - including a full medical check-up involving smell, hearing, vision, and even anxiety testing. More >>
Warmer seas make whales more difficult to find and track
Thursday, 15 February 2018, 11:48 am | NIWA
A two-week expedition to tag blue whales in New Zealand waters for the first time, almost came up empty due to warmer sea temperatures causing the animals to change their behaviour. More >>
NIWA's Hotspot Watch 9 February 2018
Friday, 9 February 2018, 4:24 pm | NIWA
A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions ... More >>
White shark research significant for NZ
Friday, 9 February 2018, 2:25 pm | NIWA
Research published yesterday in scientific journal Nature Scientific Reports, and updated with new samples and analyses, estimates that the total number of adult white sharks across the Australasian region is only around 2,210. More >>
Tangaroa heads to Antarctica on six-week voyage of discovery
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 2:56 pm | NIWA
Forty intrepid adventurers leave Wellington next week for a six-week scientific voyage to Antarctica. More >>
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Thursday, 25 January 2018, 3:13 pm | NIWA
A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions ... More >>
NIWA's Hotspot Watch 19 January 2018
Friday, 19 January 2018, 2:01 pm | NIWA
A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions ... More >>
Summer Series #8 - Spectacular Scenes Under The Ice
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 10:29 am | NIWA
In October a team of scientists from New Zealand and Finland travelled to Antarctica for a scientific diving expedition under the ice. More >>
NIWA's Hotspot Watch - January
Thursday, 11 January 2018, 3:08 pm | NIWA
A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions ... More >>
Sailing the Southern Ocean – a scientific odyssey
Thursday, 11 January 2018, 2:07 pm | NIWA
NIWA’s research vessel Tangaroa sets off for a six-week voyage to Antarctica in February. Six of those aboard explain what they’re doing, what they’re worried about and the one thing they wouldn’t be without. DAVE BOWDEN More >>
New Zealand Climate Summary: 2017
Monday, 8 January 2018, 1:29 pm | NIWA
Annual mean sea level pressures for 2017 were slightly higher than normal to the south and east of New Zealand, primarily over and to the east of the Chatham Islands. This atmospheric pressure pattern produced slightly more northerly wind flows than ... More >>
Citizen scientists take on Hutt River
Monday, 8 January 2018, 12:43 pm | NIWA
A group of volunteers who love the Hutt River is helping to care for it over summer. Beth Reille is bending over in the middle of the Hutt River peering into a large orange cone. At the bottom of the cone is clear plastic giving her a crisp, close-up ... More >>
NIWA Outlook: January – March 2018
Friday, 5 January 2018, 3:54 pm | NIWA
Weak La Niña conditions persisted in the tropical Pacific during December 2017. Below average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are present across the central and eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean, and have cooled further compared to November 2017, ... More >>
A day out measuring at Molesworth
Tuesday, 2 January 2018, 2:08 pm | NIWA
As the road behind Hanmer Springs turns to gravel and a dust cloud forms in the rear vision mirror, the southern edge of Molesworth Station unfolds. Photo: HAMISH MCCORMICK NIWA More >>
Look out for these marine pests
Thursday, 28 December 2017, 11:51 am | NIWA
Every year NIWA carries out numerous marine surveillance missions; surveys at ports and harbours around the country. Their divers are looking for the pests that have hitched a ride to New Zealand waters and are capable of harming our unique ecosystems, ... More >>
One fish, two fish…we’re counting on you
Tuesday, 26 December 2017, 11:04 am | NIWA
Kim McNamara says she can tell if someone’s had a bad day fishing just by looking at them. More >>
NIWA's Hotspot Watch - Dec 21
Thursday, 21 December 2017, 4:23 pm | NIWA
A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions ... More >>
