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Hotspot Watch for 19 January 2017

An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

July-like storm strikes New Zealand in January

The intense low pressure system that developed in the Tasman sea late yesterday had become as strong as a category 2 tropical cyclone by 8am today, says NIWA meteorologist Ben Noll.

The science of fisheries management

For the first time, the use of management science in fisheries has been captured in a book.

Summer Series week 5: Life's a beach

Six scientists reveal their favourite beaches but also observe how they’re changing.

Hotspot Watch for 12 January 2017

An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.