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Tonga eruption caused fastest ever underwater flow
Media release07 September 2023The 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption triggered the fastest underwater flow ever recorded. -
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea: Uncovering mysteries of the deep ocean
Media release27 June 2023Scientists have returned from a 14-day expedition to one of the most unexplored parts of the ocean. -
NIWA Vessels
NIWA's vessels are world-class environmental monitoring and research platforms. -
Research Vessel Tangaroa
FacilityRV Tangaroa is New Zealand’s only ice strengthened and dynamically positioned deep-water research vessel. -
RV Tangaroa: New Zealand’s world-class research vessel
NIWA proudly owns and operates RV Tangaroa, a 70 m Ice Class scientific platform. -
Scientists use an autonomous vessel
A six metre-long autonomous trimaran fitted out with a NIWA echosounder is being used as part of an innovative research collaboration. -
Rob Christie - Manager of Marine Resources
Eurofleets+ aims at providing, integrating and improving access to key research vessels and associated major equipment. -
NIWA science: important international collaborations
This campaign brings together two Eurofleets+ Infrastructures, the RV Tangaroa and the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) from Sweden’s University of Gothenburg (UGOT). -
Autonomous vessels
ServiceFisheries researchers combine technologies to collect more data at a lower cost. -
Vessel induction information
RV Tangaroa induction videos for voyage participants and contractors. -
Science voyage cut short for researchers, crew to be with family
News article28 March 2020NIWA’s flagship research ship Tangaroa returned to Wellington yesterday after cutting short an international scientific voyage taking place off the east coast of New Zealand. -
Science on the high seas
Sustainability of Hoki fisheries in the Cook Strait