NIWA's vessels are world class environmental monitoring and research platforms.
Vessels
Vessels
NIWA offers well-equipped, safe and efficient vessel platforms to suit a wide range of scientific research, survey and marine engineering requirements, from small-scale inshore surveys to deep-sea voyages to remote, inhospitable environments such as Antarctica.
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Voyages of discovery
4 July 2016
NIWA’s flagship of New Zealand ocean research – Tangaroa – is the modern-day Endeavour, venturing into open oceans to conduct work that’s proving how science and commercial outcomes go hand-in-hand.
NIWA Vessels
NIWA's vessels are world-class environmental monitoring and research platforms.
Vessels key contacts
Contacts for our vessels-related services.
Voyages
NIWA leads many ocean research voyages from the tropical waters of the Pacific to Antarctica. This page highlights some of these voyages.
Applying for RV Tangaroa voyage time
The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), through the Strategic Science Investment Fund (SSIF), has contracted NIWA to provide access to RV Tangaroa for the next four years (up to 2019/20) as a national research facility.
