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NIWA is a Crown owned research and consultancy company, with a global reputation as experts in water and atmospheric research. 

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Weather 19 Oct 2010
Prediction of average or above average tropical cyclone occurrence for the 2010–11 season.

New Zealand's National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and New Zealand MetService have issued a tropical cyclone outlook on behalf of collaborating organisations from the southwest Pacific, including Australia, the USA, the Pacific Island National Meteorological Services, French Polynesia, and New Caledonia.

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Conservation 14 Oct 2010
New web portal opens window to vast storehouse of information about Bay of Islands coast

NORTHLAND — Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and National Institute of Water & Atmosphere (NIWA) today launched a new web portal providing free public access to data gathered by the Bay of Islands Ocean Survey 20/20 project.

Reef edge.  Large purple cup sponges, bright orange encrusting sponge, pink coralline algae, the occasional primnoid gorgonian and two puffer fish.

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Weather 30 Sep 2010
La Niña intensifies; warm late spring period very likely

NIWA has just issued its seasonal climate outlook, covering conditions expected (on average) for the next three months as a whole.

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Environment 3 Sep 2010
NIWA launches biggest-ever scientific air quality campaign

NIWA is looking at the long-term effects of motorways and wood smoke on air quality.

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Weather 2 Sep 2010
National Climate Summary – August 2010: Cloudy, warm, and extremely wet

Rainfall: Extremely wet for most North Island regions, as well as the north and east of the South Island.

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Marine 19 Aug 2010
Download the seabed!

Highly detailed maps of New Zealand’s seabed are now freely available on NIWA’s website.

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Environment 17 Aug 2010
NIWA scientists alleviate concern over 1080 in drinking water

NIWA scientists have found little cause for concern about the possibility of 1080 contamination in streams.

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Science 12 Aug 2010
46th Wellington Science Fair to showcase young talent

WELLINGTON CITY — Chicken-flavoured ice cream and Recycling bins no match for winds.

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Weather 3 Aug 2010
National Climate Summary - July 2010: Mid winter magic – a very sunny July in many areas

• Sunshine: Extremely sunny in the west and south of the South Island, as well as western areas of the North Island, compared to July normal.

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Technology 22 Jul 2010
Supercomputer will 'prepare for the future by solving tomorrow's problems today'

One of the most powerful supercomputers of its kind has been switched on at the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA).

Housed in a specially-constructed computer room at NIWA's Greta Point base, "FitzRoy" has 100 times the power of NIWA's existing supercomputer,

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Energy 20 Jul 2010
Clean and green - NIWA harnesses Nelson's sunshine

NELSON — They are silent, produce no emissions when operating and create electricity - they are photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.

Photovoltaic panels NIWA Nelson

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Weather 2 Jul 2010
National Climate Summary - June 2010: Very wet overall, except West Coast and Southland

Rainfall: Extremely wet in Marlborough and parts of Waikato and Bay of Plenty, with double normal rainfall.

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Weather 2 Jul 2010
SEASONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK: July – September 2010

La Niña on the way - mild conditions likely.

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Environment 28 Jun 2010
King of the Crabs

"We are the king crab capital of the world," says NIWA scientist, Dr Shane Ahyong.

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Science 8 Jun 2010
NIWA scientists put better nitrogen management on the farm to the test

New Zealand science is taking a global lead in assessing techniques for the mitigation of pastoral greenhouse gas emissions.

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Weather 2 Jun 2010
National Climate Summary - May 2010: Eastern areas extremely wet!

   Rainfall: Extremely wet in eastern regions of both islands, with several floods.  Well below normal rainfall for the West Coast, Fiordland and Southland.

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Weather 28 May 2010
Seasonal climate outlook: June - August 2010

Mild conditions likely to continue through winter.

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Environment 27 May 2010
Man with a mission

WELLINGTON — How fast is the earth’s climate changing and where do greenhouse gases go? A world expert in the use of satellites to study climate change is in Wellington this week to deliver a seminar.

Carbon measurements at the Lauder TCCON site

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Science 14 May 2010
Ozone recovery – good news and bad?

NIWA scientists say concentrations of ozone high in the atmosphere are projected to increase.

Impact of stratospheric ozone recovery on tropospheric ozone

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Conservation 10 May 2010
Scientists have old whalers turning in their watery graves

Scientists are using centuries-old whalers' data from the southwestern Pacific & Tasman Sea to help better protect threatened whale species.

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Marine 4 May 2010
NIWA welcomes aquaculture reform

NIWA’s Chief Executive John Morgan, welcomes plans for the aquaculture industry regulatory reform announced by Phil Heatley, the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture.

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Weather 3 May 2010
The Climate in April

National Climate Summary-April 2010: North Island continues dry, sopping wet in southwest.

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Weather 29 Apr 2010
NIWA National seasonal climate outlook May – July 2010

NIWA NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTRE 29 April 2010 SEASONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK:  May – July 2010 A mild start to winter, and the end of the El Niño The latest seasonal outlook from the NIWA National Climate Centre says that mean temperatures are likely to be above average in the North Island and either average or above average in the South Island, for the three months May–July.

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Energy 15 Apr 2010
NIWA's energy projects are turning the tide

Harnessing tidal power for electricity generation will be a landmark in broadening New Zealand's already impressive renewable energy portfolio, a marine energy conference is to be told.

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