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Read about the important science being undertaken at NIWA, and how it affects New Zealanders

  • Hotspot Watch 17 November 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • A 3D Printer is helping save New Zealand’s endangered native fish

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    A 3D Printer is helping save New Zealand’s endangered native fish
  • Hotspot Watch 10 November 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Hotspot Watch 1 November 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Hotspot Watch 26 October 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Electricity conversion project takes top prize at Auckland Science Fair

    Media release
    A suite of projects that ranged from whether toothpaste’s a scam to capturing air, to human superpowers made up the 206 entries at this year’s NIWA Auckland City Science & Technology Fair.
  • Hotspot Watch 18 October 2023

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  • Some homes contain 3 times more air pollution, NIWA finds

    Media release
    A new study from NIWA has mapped outdoor air quality for Invercargill and Alexandra in more detail than ever before.
  • Link between insomnia and depression found at Science & Technology Fair

    Media release
    A study looking at the impact of sleep on depression in adolescents was 18 months in the making for Ellen Thompson.
  • Hotspot Watch 13 October 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Months in the mud leads to NIWA Science Fair success.

    Media release
    A Year 13 from Saint Kentigern College scooped top prizes at the 2023 NIWA South and East Auckland Science Fair for her project “Crab-a-dabra!".
  • NIWA unravelling impacts on marine life after Cyclone Gabrielle

    Media release
    NIWA are studying the ocean off Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay to see how Cyclone Gabrielle has impacted the health of fisheries habitats and seabed ecosystems.