Our vessels are world-class environmental monitoring and research platforms with the most stringent health and safety standards. We have more than 40 years of experience working in New Zealand’s ...

These datasets are available in a range of formats.

Township Flood Challenge is an online climate change and extreme weather adaptation resource for teachers. The lesson packages were co-developed between NIWA, Future Curious and the Aotearoa Social ...

On this page: People Species and ecosystems Economy and business Infrastructure Places New opportunities Researchers in New Zealand, and around the world, are beginning to understand the different ...

Data stored in each record include the location of the sample site, sampling method and the fish species present, with many records also containing information on fish abundance and size, and a ...

Drought forecasting dashboard NIWA and MPI are working together to develop a new drought forecasting tool. It uses innovative climate modelling, the latest in machine learning and other data-driven ...

View annual, seasonal and monthly summaries of temperature, rainfall and sunshine data from across New Zealand. You might also be interested in our 'Seven-station' series temperature data. This ...

Project use cases Delivery of the PARTneR-2 project involves three key use cases encompassing the development of climate and extreme weather hazard and risk information to inform sectoral decision ...

Aotearoa New Zealand’s coastal lowlands are our flat low-lying land (or plains) adjacent to coasts and estuaries. Our coastal lowlands are valued for many reasons, including unique ecological wetlands ...

Aoraki Mt Cook showing Tasman and Hooker's glaciers. Climate Present and Past is a core-funded project under NIWA's National Climate Centre in the Climate Observations programme. Our work explores ...

NIWA maintains the national climate database for New Zealand, and can supply data in a variety of ways. The National Climate Database is an archive of climate observations which in some places extend ...

NIWA has a core interest in promoting science careers and this sponsorship is part of our long-term commitment to enhancing science and technology for young New Zealanders. Our sponsorship provides ...