Climate - Key Contacts

Science Centres: Climate

If you want to obtain climate data see this page. The following contacts are for our climate research services.

Chief Scientist
04-3860588
d.wratt@niwa.co.nz

David has a PhD in Atmospheric Physics and has worked in the USA, Australia and New Zealand on climate and meteorology. He is a Companion of the Royal Society, A member of the society's New Zealand Climate Expert Panel, and a member of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 

Climate Scientist
04-3860562
a.tait@niwa.co.nz

Andrew coordinates the activities of the National Climate Centre and advises the Chief Scientist, Climate. He leads and manages multi-year multi-organisation research contracts and interacts with internal and external modellers and assessors of climate data and related impacts. Andrew analyses and interprets climate data in response to commercial requests for information, oversees the provision of relevant up-to-date climate information on the NIWA webpages, and acts as a NCC liaison with the media.

Full Staff List

Name Position e-Mail Address Phone (external)
Mr Ian Boyd Physicist Technician i.boyd@niwa.co.nz 06 834 1228
Tony Bromley Principal Technician a.bromley@niwa.co.nz 04-3860340
Trevor Carey-Smith Climate Analysis Scientist t.careysmith@niwa.co.nz 04-3860394
Mr Hamish Chisholm Science Technician h.chisholm@niwa.co.nz 03-4400437
Sam Dean Modeller s.dean@niwa.co.nz 04-3860368
Matt Evans Technician - Atmospheric Sci m.evans@niwa.co.nz 04-3860309
Elaine Fouhy DataServices e.fouhy@niwa.co.nz 04-3860502
Georgina Griffiths Senior Scientist - Climate gm.griffiths@niwa.co.nz 09 375 4506
Andrew Harper Instrument Technician a.harper@niwa.co.nz 03-3437824
Mr Paul Johnston Principal Scientist p.johnston@niwa.co.nz 03-4400446
Mr Darren King Group Manager, Climate & Energy Applications d.king@niwa.co.nz 09 3752086
Mr Michael Kotkamp Physicist Technician m.kotkamp@niwa.co.nz 03-4400434
Dr Karin Kreher Physicist k.kreher@niwa.co.nz 03-4400447
Dr Keith Lassey Principal Scientist k.lassey@niwa.co.nz 04-3860583
Errol Lewthwaite Principal Technician e.lewthwaite@niwa.co.nz 04-3860472
Mr Ben Liley Physicist b.liley@niwa.co.nz 03-4400427
Dr. Andrew Lorrey Climate Applications Scientist a.lorrey@niwa.co.nz 09-3752055
Ross Martin Principal Technician r.martin@niwa.co.nz 04-3860384
Dr Richard McKenzie Principal Scientist r.mckenzie@niwa.co.nz 03-4400429
Andrew McMillan Agricultural Emissions a.mcmillan@niwa.co.nz 04 386 0309
Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher Atmospheric Modeller s.mikalofffletcher@niwa.co.nz 04 386 0924
Dr Olaf Morgenstern Chemistry-Climate modeller o.morgenstern@niwa.co.nz 03 440 0421
Brett Mullan Principal Scientist b.mullan@niwa.co.nz 04-3860508
Sylvia Nichol Physicist s.nichol@niwa.co.nz 04-3860396
Richard Nottage Senior Climate Change Analyst r.nottage@niwa.co.nz 64 4 386 0327
Alan Porteous Agricultural Climatologist a.porteous@niwa.co.nz 04-3860533
Dr James Renwick Principal Scientist j.renwick@niwa.co.nz 04-3860343
Katja Riedel Scientist k.riedel@niwa.co.nz 04 3860382
Mr John Robinson Engineer j.robinson@niwa.co.nz 03-4400433
Dr John Sansom Physicist j.sansom@niwa.co.nz 04-3860498
Vanessa Sherlock Scientist v.sherlock@niwa.co.nz 04-386 0382
Hisako Shiona Technician h.shiona@niwa.co.nz 03-4400444
Mr Dan Smale Technician d.smale@niwa.co.nz 03-4400424
Abha Sood Climate Scientist a.sood@niwa.co.nz 04 386 0577
Dr Britton Stephens Atmospheric Scientist b.stephens@niwa.co.nz 04 382 1625
Mr Stephen Stuart Climate Analyst s.stuart@niwa.co.nz 04 3860353
James Sturman Scientist- Climate GIS Applic j.sturman@niwa.co.nz 04-3860300
Andrew Tait Climate Scientist a.tait@niwa.co.nz 04-3860562
Mr Alan Thomas Principal Technician a.thomas@niwa.co.nz 03-4400433
Linda Wang Technician- Climate Services l.wang@niwa.co.nz 04-3860512
Dr Guang Zeng Chemistry-Climate modeller g.zeng@niwa.co.nz 03 440 0428