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NIWA is a Crown owned research and consultancy company, with a global reputation as experts in water and atmospheric research.
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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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.
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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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NIWA is looking at the long-term effects of motorways and wood smoke on air quality.
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Rainfall: Extremely wet for most North Island regions, as well as the north and east of the South Island.
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Highly detailed maps of New Zealand’s seabed are now freely available on NIWA’s website.
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NIWA scientists have found little cause for concern about the possibility of 1080 contamination in streams.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Chicken-flavoured ice cream and Recycling bins no match for winds.
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• 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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One of the most powerful supercomputers of its kind has been switched on at the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA).
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NELSON — They are silent, produce no emissions when operating and create electricity - they are photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.
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Rainfall: Extremely wet in Marlborough and parts of Waikato and Bay of Plenty, with double normal rainfall.
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La Niña on the way - mild conditions likely.
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"We are the king crab capital of the world," says NIWA scientist, Dr Shane Ahyong.
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New Zealand science is taking a global lead in assessing techniques for the mitigation of pastoral greenhouse gas emissions.
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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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Mild conditions likely to continue through winter.
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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.
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NIWA scientists say concentrations of ozone high in the atmosphere are projected to increase.
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Scientists are using centuries-old whalers' data from the southwestern Pacific & Tasman Sea to help better protect threatened whale species.
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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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National Climate Summary-April 2010: North Island continues dry, sopping wet in southwest.
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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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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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