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NIWA’s science services are delivered by our thirteen National Centres. Each centre conducts a raft of research contributing to a high level outcome for New Zealand.
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We provide accurate weather forecasts powered by NIWA's supercomputer.
Summer Series week 2: Scientists set up offices in the great outdoors
26 December 2016
Summer is for scientific fieldwork. Three NIWA scientists are heading into the wild blue yonder, some with fancy technology and others with a coffee cup and a bag of party balloons.
Partnering in research grows Māori economy
15 November 2016
NIWA is working alongside Māori to develop gateways to science and technology partnerships that are helping grow the Māori economy.
Summer Series week 1: NIWA's year of science
19 December 2016
A year is a short time in science but a lot happened in 2016. NIWA highlights its top scientific endeavours of the past 12 months.
Exploring the deepsea
Despite many centuries of maritime exploration, only a fraction of our planet's seafloor has been observed. NIWA Deepsea Scientist Di Tracey tells us what it feels like to probe deep beneath the waves to see what's living on the ocean floor.