David Smol, Board Chair for the New Zealand Earth Sciences Institute has announced the appointment of John Morgan as the Transition Chief Executive. This appointment is effective from 1 July 2025 and ...

Regional predictions for June – August 2025 The tables below show the probabilities (or percent chances) for each of three categories: above average, near average, and below average. In the absence of ...

New Zealand could face twice as many of the most extreme atmospheric rivers by the end of the century, according to new research. Not only could the narrow bands of concentrated water vapour increase, ...

Overview 2024 was Aotearoa New Zealand’s 10th-warmest year on record. The 2024 nationwide average temperature calculated from NIWA’s seven station series was 13.25˚C, being 0.51˚C above the 1991-2020 ...

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

Impact Assessment Tool map view of results with all layers enabled. The planning and recovery tool provides scenario and probabilistic model frameworks for risk assessment of cyclone-related hazards ...

Tropical cyclone outlook summary for New Zealand On average, at least one ex-TC passes within 550 km of New Zealand each year. This season, the risk is considered normal-elevated. If an ex-TC tracks ...

NIWA is pleased with the announcement today by the Science, Innovation and Technology Minister of the Government’s response to a recent review of New Zealand’s weather forecasting system. The ...

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 ...

Cyclone Gabrielle formed in the Coral Sea and struck the northeast of Aotearoa New Zealand as an ex-tropical cyclone in February 2023. During the event, rainfall totals reached nearly 450 mm, which is ...

Disclaimer: The forecasts offered in this page draw upon modified Copernicus Climate Change Service Information [2022] (C3S, https://climate.Copernicus.eu). There is inherent uncertainty in ...

NIWA physical oceanographer Dr Phil Sutton says it’s the first time they have seen change through the full depth of the ocean off New Zealand. “The water that sits along the Chatham Rise is known as ...