A new online simulation game that enables New Zealanders to experience a climate-changed future and explore choices has been launched, with the aim of getting 10,000 game-plays over the next few ...

NIWA welcomes the news its merger with GNS will come into effect by 1 July. The Minister of Science, Innovation, and Technology, Hon. Shane Reti, has announced that our two organisations will join to ...

Seven nations sharing world’s longest mountain range already impacted by climate change Climate change is already reshaping life and landscapes across the world’s longest mountain range which extends ...

The Government is moving swiftly to implement the most significant science reforms in three decades, with three new public research organisations to be formed by 1 July, Science, Innovation and ...

Two students are on their way to the United States to represent New Zealand at the 'Olympics' of science fairs, the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Columbus, Ohio, which ...

Neutral El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions are now present in the tropical Pacific. The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), and sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central Pacific (in ...

Temperature Temperatures were well above average (>1.20°C above average) for most of the country, while temperatures were above average (0.51°C to 1.20°C above average) for eastern parts of Canterbury ...

La Niña has now given way to ENSO-neutral conditions, and there is an 80% chance that ENSO-neutral conditions will continue during May-July 2025. As of 21 April, the 30-day NINO3.4 Index (in the ...