About NIWA

We aim to deliver the science that enables New Zealand to meet its environmental challenges and thrive in a rapidly changing world. To fulfil our purpose we need to understand the way animals live and survive as vital parts of the overall ecosystem.

Read NIWA's 2021 Half Year Report.

Te Piko o te Māhuri is a development initiative that provides pathways and opportunities for young Māori researchers across NIWA’s climate, freshwater and oceans platforms

NIWA’s priority is to provide the safest possible working environment for all our staff and people who work with us in our workplaces, in the context of the increasing community transmission of COVID-19. As we all move to the NZ COVID-19 protection framework, NIWA is proposing to introduce a Vaccinated Workplace Policy from 15 December 2021.

2 reports presenting the value of Crown Research Institutes in Aotearoa New Zealand's science system today and pathways to the future.

Read NIWA's 2020/21 Annual Report and 2021 Year in Review.

A break in the clouds in a remote Fiordland valley and a chance encounter with a jellyfish under the Antarctic ice provide just some of the highlights from this year’s NIWA Staff Photography competition.

NIWA's Te Kūwaha Graduate Internship Programme has been established to help address the growing need for scientific skills combined with capability in mātauranga Māori, while supporting and creating visible pathways for the next generation of Māori researchers.

Read NIWA's 2020 Half Year Report.

This is a special series of stories put out to the media over the 2020/2021 summer.