Research Programmes
NIWA focuses on atmospheric, marine, and freshwater research – extending from the deep ocean to the upper atmosphere – in New Zealand, the Pacific, Southern Ocean, and Antarctica.
NIWA’s research spans diverse fields:
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- aquaculture
- aquatic biodiversity
- aquatic biosecurity
- atmospheric science
- climate change
- coastal ecology
- energy
- fisheries
- hydrology
- marine geology
- natural hazards (e.g. tsunami, storm surge, floods, earthquake, volcano)
- oceanography
- sedimentology
Research projects are undertaken in collaboration with local and central government agencies, other Crown Research Institutes, industry, private research companies, and universities in New Zealand and the rest of the world. In 2007–08, NIWA scientists were involved in more than 970 collaborations and NIWA had formal links with some 150 overseas institutions. Within New Zealand, NIWA has close working relationships with many Māori entities (85 entities in 2007-08) through its Māori environmental research group, Te Kūwaha o Taihoro Nukurangi.
Most of NIWA’s revenue is from contestable research funding and commercial consultancy work. As of 30 June 2008, NIWA had a revenue of $120 million and assets of $109 million.
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