News

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

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    Data with a bloody past has positive spin-off for endangered whale species

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    29 April 2013
    Marine mammals

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    Fiordland’s depths reveal more new-to-science wonders

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    02 April 2013

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    2013 - Kaikoura tsunami risks

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    22 March 2013
    Surveying work carried out by NIWA scientists this week is helping provide new insights into the tsunami risk from undersea landslides in the Kaikoura Canyon.
    Coastal hazards
    Tsunami
    Hazards

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    Looking at undersea landscapes from the air – finding fish nursery “hotspots” in the Kaipara Harbour

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    11 March 2013

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    Summer Series 7: Little squirts that hang out around the coast

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    12 February 2013

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    New finds from the deep sea off New Zealand

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    04 February 2013

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    NIWA’s Tangaroa sets sail to study how Antarctica affects ocean currents

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    30 January 2013
    Antarctica
    Oceans

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    2013 - Kermadec Trench

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    17 January 2013
    Scientists set sail on NIWA's research vessel Kaharoa this week to film and explore many aspects of life in deep-sea habitats, and capture fish that are new to science, in the Kermadec Trench, northeast of New Zealand.

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    Summer Series 4: Life in the (ex) stream - exploring New Zealand's fabulous freshwater fauna

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    15 January 2013
    Marine invertebrates

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    Summer Series 3: A mako shark named Carol

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    07 January 2013
    Fisheries

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    Summer Series 2: Get summer sorted with NIWA’s online summertime toolkit

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    04 January 2013
    Whether you're at the beach, in the bach, on the boat or by the barbecue, summer holiday fun hinges on knowing when conditions outside will be favourable and not-so-favourable for the activities you have in mind.

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    Summer Series 1: Ready to rumble - the anatomy of a summer thunderstorm

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    03 January 2013