The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in New Zealand has unveiled a new NZ$20 million (US$12.2m) supercomputer for climate and weather modeling. Housed across two data ...

New Zealand could face twice as many of the most extreme atmospheric rivers by the end of the century, according to new research by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). It ...

The National Inland Waterways Authority has warned that urbanisation places significant strain on the environment. The Acting Managing Director of NIWA, Umar Girei, disclosed this in a statement on ...

Stratford has had a rough year - recording its driest December since rainfall records began in 1960 as well as its driest October ever. According to Niwa's monthly climate summary, 38 millimetres of ...

Climate scientists have found records that show New Zealand's coldest temperature was recorded at Ranfurly, not Ophir as was previously thought. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research ...