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Bounty Trough - voyage update #3
The third and final update from Voyage leader, Sadie Mills on the 21-day Ocean Census – Bounty Trough research voyage. -
Bounty Trough - voyage update #1
NIWA Voyage Leader, Sadie Mills on the first three days of The Ocean Census – Bounty Trough research voyage - a 21-day expedition to discover new species -
Expedition to uncover secrets of New Zealand's unexplored Bounty Trough
Media release08 February 2024An expedition to discover new species in one of the most remote parts of the deep ocean is departing from Wellington today. -
Sun, sand, and stingers
Feature story03 January 2024Long hot days, sand between your toes, and jellyfish – all part of the New Zealand beach summer. -
NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 136 - The Marine Biota of Aotearoa New Zealand
Aotearoa New Zealand’s marine biodiversity checklist has been updated, representing an increase of 3,630 known living species since the turn of the century. -
Comprehensive eruption study highlights need for further work
Media release01 December 2023A new study has comprehensively mapped the immediate after effects of the January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha’apai, highlighting the risks of similar events. -
Cyclone impacts on fisheries and seabed ecosystems - KAH 2303 & 2306
VoyageKaharoa Voyages KAH 2303 & 2306 -
NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs for purchase
The NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs are comprehensive, definitive, illustrated reference works that capture the rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific study of New Zealand’s distinctive marine fauna and flora. -
NIWA unravelling impacts on marine life after Cyclone Gabrielle
Media release03 October 2023NIWA 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. -
Coasts & Oceans
NIWA aims to provide the knowledge needed for the sound environmental management of our marine resources. -
Tonga eruption caused fastest ever underwater flow
Media release07 September 2023The 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption triggered the fastest underwater flow ever recorded.
