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Joint New Zealand - German 3D survey reveals massive seabed gas hydrate and methane system
News article12 May 2014A joint New Zealand-German research team has discovered a huge network of frozen methane and methane gas in sediments and in the ocean near New Zealand’s east coast. -
Scientists seek vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific
News article29 January 2014A five-week voyage to the Louisville Seamount Chain in the South Pacific will give scientists a better understanding about marine ecosystems vulnerable to commercial fishing in the region. -
2012 - Blue cod survey
News article04 December 2013Scientists at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) have recently completed a survey of blue cod in the Marlborough Sounds. -
2013 - Kaikoura tsunami risks
News article22 March 2013Surveying work carried out by NIWA scientists this week is helping provide new insights into the tsunami risk from undersea landslides in the Kaikoura Canyon. -
2013 - Kermadec Trench
News article17 January 2013Scientists 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. -
2012 - Secrets of the orange roughy
News article19 July 2012Moored underwater cameras have exposed the secret lives of orange roughy nearly 900 metres below the ocean surface.