Research

The WASH Koro project Mobilising community-led water supply, sanitation and hygiene improvements in Fijian villages is a collaborative participatory project that aims to provide self-help tools to mobilise communities to recognise and address their own water supply, sanitation and health/hygiene needs.

Developing probabilistic scenarios of expected future regional climate changes.

Iron Fertilisation

This project demonstrates how to assess high value alternative land-use options by means of a quantitative analysis of the growing potential of selected niche crops and tree species.

Biogas from pig farms

Temperature trends from 1930s to present day

The New Zealand Fish Passage Guidelines sets out recommended practice for the design of instream infrastructure to provide for fish passage.

This collaborative NZaid project worked with coastal Fijian villagers at Votua on the Coral Coast of Viti Levu to develop pragmatic water supply and waste treatment solutions to protect public health and reduce contamination of coastal waters.

Where and when do white sharks occur in New Zealand waters, and how can fisheries bycatch be reduced?

A range of physical and chemical variables are measured in the NRWQN.

NIWA expends considerable effort on determining the age of commercial fish species. But why age a fish? And how do we do it?

Understanding how hazards impact people and the environment provides the foundation for informed decision making for a resilient Pacific