NIWA's vessels are world class environmental monitoring and research platforms.
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.
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.