Understanding our variable and changing climate is critical for managing resources and reducing risks.

These datasets are available in a range of formats.

Township Flood Challenge is an online climate change and extreme weather adaptation resource for teachers. The lesson packages were co-developed between NIWA, Future Curious and the Aotearoa Social ...

NIWA’s flagship programmes bring together experts, partners and technologies to tackle key environmental challenges and deliver solutions to help New Zealand build resilience and manage its ...

The New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database (NZFFD) contains over 50,000 freshwater fish observations from across New Zealand from 1901 to the present.

NIWA’s flagship programmes bring together experts, partners and technologies to tackle key environmental challenges and deliver solutions to help New Zealand build resilience and manage its ...

NIWA’s flagship programmes bring together experts, partners and technologies to tackle key environmental challenges and deliver solutions to help New Zealand build resilience and manage its ...

On this page: People Species and ecosystems Economy and business Infrastructure Places New opportunities Researchers in New Zealand, and around the world, are beginning to understand the different ...

The Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas is its ability to trap extra heat in the atmosphere over time relative to carbon dioxide (CO2). This is most often calculated over 100 years, and ...

This Climate Change Adaptation Toolbox helps you find out about the changing climate, what it might mean for your business, organisation or community and what you can do about it. You can assess your ...

Plants and trees along the water margins and banks are called riparian vegetation. A riparian buffer zone is a vegetated strip of land along the margins of a waterway. Riparian vegetation provides a ...

Te Kūwaha, NIWA’s National Centre for Māori Environmental Research is a dedicated Māori research team, with a vision to work in partnership with others to enable complementary knowledge systems to ...