Scientists have uncovered a key piece of the puzzle behind the unusual ‘slow earthquakes’ occurring off the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island.

Computational Fluid Dynamics for environmental flow modellingNIWA’s flagship programmes bring together experts, partners and technologies to tackle key environmental challenges and deliver solutions ...

In April 2025, Earth Sciences New Zealand supported the environmental impact assessment of the area surrounding the wreck of the HMSNZ Manawanui off the southern coast of Upolu, Samoa. The Earth ...

Once in a while the weather becomes much more dangerous – what meteorologists call severe weather.

Vanuatu is still recovering from the M7.3 earthquake that shook the region on 17 December 2024. From the moment the earthquake struck, Earth Sciences New Zealand experts have been working side-by-side ...

A New Zealand-led team has completed the fullest investigation to date into January’s eruption of the underwater Tongan volcano. Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai (HT-HH) emitted the biggest atmospheric ...

Cyclone Gabrielle - Hawkes Bay. NIWA's Jochen Bind surveying stop banks to assess flood water levels and stop bank breaches. The team also looked at what may have happened if the world was even hotter ...

Microbes - such as those living in wetlands, landfills or the digestive tracts of livestock – are behind unprecedented spikes in methane emissions.

NIWA is part of a multi-agency biosecurity response to an invasive seaweed discovered at Aotea Great Barrier Island and subsequently at Ahuahu Great Mercury Island.

Scientists have found a new ghost shark that lives exclusively in the deep waters of Australia and New Zealand. The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish was described by NIWA Fisheries Scientist Dr ...

January was Auckland's wettest month since records began, according to meteorologists. The Central Auckland Rainfall series recorded a total of 539 mm of rain at Albert Park, smashing the previous ...

New maps from NIWA and the Deep South National Science Challenge show areas across Aotearoa New Zealand that could be inundated by extreme coastal flooding. They show a large storm-tide with the ...