Information about our varying climate is critical for managing resources and reducing risks.
Climate
Climate
Information about our varying climate is critical for managing resources and reducing risks.
Climate change
Climate change effects are accelerating, driving the need for actions informed by sound climate knowledge.
Feature
Volunteers needed to unlock historic weather secrets
30 October 2018
NIWA climate scientists are calling for volunteers to unearth weather secrets from the past – including those recorded by members of Captain Robert Scott’s doomed trip to the South Pole in 1912.
Projections of how climate change is likely to affect New Zealand.
Find information about New Zealand's temperature record and climate change in our information and resources section.
National and regional climate maps
Maps of average annual rainfall, temperature and other climate variables have been produced for all of New Zealand, based on the period 1981–2010.
Carbon research grant “exceptional moment” for scientist
13 September 2018
A NIWA-led team has today been awarded a multi-million dollar research grant that will help drive major advances in understanding of New Zealand’s carbon emissions and uptake
