ENSO-neutral conditions are now in place, and there is a 70% chance that ENSO-neutral conditions will continue during June-August 2025, followed by a 60% chance that ENSO-neutral will remain in place ...

ENSO-neutral conditions are now in place, and there is a 70% chance that ENSO-neutral conditions will continue during June-August 2025, followed by a 60% chance that ENSO-neutral will remain in place ...

A new online simulation game that enables New Zealanders to experience a climate-changed future and explore choices has been launched, with the aim of getting 10,000 game-plays over the next few ...

The Government is moving swiftly to implement the most significant science reforms in three decades, with three new public research organisations to be formed by 1 July, Science, Innovation and ...

NIWA welcomes the news its merger with GNS will come into effect by 1 July. The Minister of Science, Innovation, and Technology, Hon. Shane Reti, has announced that our two organisations will join to ...

Co-developing a suite of control tools that target vulnerable gold clam (Corbicula fluminea) life-stages to disrupt dispersal, reduce the risk of transfer, and to manage the gold clam at different ...

This Flagship provides the observational network and data systems that enable NIWA to deliver its science and research. Data, including observational data and generated data, is foundational for ...

Neutral El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions are now present in the tropical Pacific. The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), and sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central Pacific (in ...

Seven nations sharing world’s longest mountain range already impacted by climate change Climate change is already reshaping life and landscapes across the world’s longest mountain range which extends ...

Two students are on their way to the United States to represent New Zealand at the 'Olympics' of science fairs, the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Columbus, Ohio, which ...

Temperature Temperatures were well above average (>1.20°C above average) for most of the country, while temperatures were above average (0.51°C to 1.20°C above average) for eastern parts of Canterbury ...

Plants and trees along the water margins and banks are called riparian vegetation. A riparian buffer zone is a vegetated strip of land along the margins of a waterway. Riparian vegetation provides a ...