The coupled ocean-atmosphere system transitioned to ENSO-neutral (El Niño – Southern Oscillation) during February (i.e. neither La Niña nor El Niño). However, some remnant La Niña like circulations ...

From preserved specimens to deep‑sea discoveries, two interns got a glimpse into marine science at the Earth Sciences NZ Invertebrate Collection (NIC) this summer. The NIC internship programme aims to ...

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 ...

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits ...

Te Toro Āhuarangi o Anamata is a web browser application for displaying the latest climate change projections (CMIP6) on an interactive map. This tool will let you access and visualise the latest ...

Climate change is increasingly threatening New Zealand’s coastal farms through the combined effects of slow-onset changes such as sea level‑driven groundwater rise and more frequent extreme weather ...

Aotearoa New Zealand’s coastal lowlands are our flat low-lying land (or plains) adjacent to coasts and estuaries. Our coastal lowlands are valued for many reasons, including unique ecological wetlands ...

Climate change is impacting our freshwater cultural keystone species, habitats/ecosystems, biosecurity, water quality, land use and primary production, and disrupting Māori livelihoods and communities ...

A new NIWA-led study has found that climate change increased the amount of total rainfall during Cyclone Gabrielle by 10%. This additional rain fell during the most intense parts of the storm, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our assessment of tropical cyclone (TC) activity for the coming season indicates normal to below normal activity. [Tropical cyclones are categorised in strength from 1 to 5, with 5 being most intense.