NIWA, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, is a Crown Research Institute established in 1992. It operates as a stand-alone company with its own Board of Directors and Executive. NIWA's mission is to conduct leading environmental science to enable the sustainable management of natural resources for New Zealand and the planet.
NIWA’s climate and atmosphere, freshwater, marine and environmental data science capability is provided by its assets located in 4 main centres and 10 regional offices. NIWA also maintains nationally important databases, biological collections, science assets and capabilities that enable it and its collaborators to undertake much of its science. These include the national climate, atmospheric, marine and freshwater monitoring networks and databases, deep-sea research vessels, high performance computing and big data analytics facilities, the nation’s primary finfish aquaculture research facility, and a range of specialist analytical and modelling capabilities.
