Datasets

  • Rhodolith Beds in Northern New Zealand

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    The ecology of subtidal rhodolith beds has been investigated for the first time in New Zealand, characterising two rhodolith species, Lithothamnion crispatum and Sporolithon durum, examining the structure and physical characteristics of beds at two locations and documenting their associated biodiversity. Site and characteristics: Field work was conducted...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • Beyond the horizon

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    The departure time is firmly fixed and heaven help any latecomers. The working lives of the van occupants – usually numbering between four and eight – revolve around their ability to make utterly precise and often infinitesimally small measurements, which makes a preoccupation with detail, such as van departure times, something of an occupational hazard....
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • Coastal Sensitivity Index CSI inundation

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    The Coastal Sensitivity Index was developed as part of the Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change (CACC) project. This four-year project funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE contract C0X0802) was intended to create the necessary information and tools to enable adaptation by central and local government and communities to the...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • wcst wsd

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    DN3 Stream and Watershed Attributes.Stream attributes:Field NameTypeFormatDescriptionUniqueShapeGeometryGeometry attributeyesOBJECTIDLongNumericUnique ID of featureyesfrom_nodeLongNumericUpstream node IDyesto_nodeLongNumericDownstream node IDyesHydroIDLongNumericPrimary keyyesGridIDLongNumericID from delineation grid.yesnextDownIDLongNumericID of...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • Hauraki Auckland Benthic Habitat Map bookmarks

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Used in Storymap https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7951d5b1fdfe4c3dae8498aaa6a9a687 and/or InstantApp https://niwa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=29edc889a3b340cab4d382f5a9155c06 Overview NIWA was tasked by Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland Council to undertake a series of benthic terrain analyses of datasets collected...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • Selwyn River Sediment Processes Group: Our work in Braided Rivers [Storymap]

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    _________________Item Page Created: 2022-11-09 23:24 Item Page Last Modified: 2025-04-05 18:00Owner: NIWA_OpenData
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • NZ Local River Names (REC2) Layer

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    NZ Local River Names (based on REC2) Layer can be used to display New Zealand rivers and their names.The River Environment Classification (REC) is a database of catchment spatial attributes, summarised for every segment in New Zealand's network of rivers. The attributes were compiled for the purposes of river classification. Examples where the REC can be...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • cant wsd

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    DN3 Stream and Watershed Attributes.Stream attributes:Field NameTypeFormatDescriptionUniqueShapeGeometryGeometry attributeyesOBJECTIDLongNumericUnique ID of featureyesfrom_nodeLongNumericUpstream node IDyesto_nodeLongNumericDownstream node IDyesHydroIDLongNumericPrimary keyyesGridIDLongNumericID from delineation grid.yesnextDownIDLongNumericID of...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • Counting carbon (StoryMap)

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    A NIWA StoryMap that describes 50 years of measuring carbon dioxide in Aotearoa - picture shows Dave Lowe taking a manual sample at Baring Head.Dave Lowe was all alone in a post office radio station on Wellington's windswept west coast. It was late 1970. His American colleagues had disappeared, and atmospheric measurements being taken near old gun...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • BoI Bay of Islands Aerial Photo Color Mosaic

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    BoI Bay of Islands Aerial Photo Color Mosaic (Aerial Imagery for OS2020 project)_________________Item Page Created: 2017-06-14 22:23 Item Page Last Modified: 2025-04-05 18:47Owner: steinmetzt_NIWA
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • PARTneR-2 - Pacific Risk Tool for Resilience

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Hazard risk modelling tools can help decision makers to better prepare for and respond to disasters and to make sound economic and land-use planning decisions. PARTneR–II will address a critical gap across the Pacific region in the availability and use of low-cost and easily-applied tools to support risk-informed decisions. The three-year PARTneR–2...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • marl wsd

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    DN3 Stream and Watershed Attributes.Stream attributes:Field NameTypeFormatDescriptionUniqueShapeGeometryGeometry attributeyesOBJECTIDLongNumericUnique ID of featureyesfrom_nodeLongNumericUpstream node IDyesto_nodeLongNumericDownstream node IDyesHydroIDLongNumericPrimary keyyesGridIDLongNumericID from delineation grid.yesnextDownIDLongNumericID of...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • Tuaheni Landslide Complex TLC 25m (NZTM)

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Bathymetric grid of the Tuaheni Landslide Complex (TLC), on the Hikurangi Margin, east of New Zealand.Grid resolution: 25 m.Grid projection: NZGD 2000 / New Zealand Transverse Mercator EPSG 2193.Produced by: NIWA._________________Item Page Created: 2021-02-18 23:22 Item Page Last Modified: 2025-04-05 18:52Owner: steinmetzt_NIWA
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • Cairns 2004 corals

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    A total of 237 species of azooxanthellate Scleractinia are reported for the Australian region, including seamounts off the eastern coast. This study was based on approximately 5500 previously unreported specimens collected from 500 localities, as well as a re-examination of most of the types and previously reported specimens from the Australian...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • NZ Coastal classification Hinterland characteristics

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    Service Description: Hinterland characteristics – describes the nature of the hinterland with respect to its geomorphology and topography. This variable has 7 attributes such as lagoons, plains, rising ground and sea cliffs. The geomorphic variables were sourced from the New Zealand coastal type classification scheme and GIS mapping procedures that were...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • NZ Estuary Type

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    New Zealand Estuary type - Fact sheets about specific NZ estuaries _________________Item Page Created: 2017-06-15 00:35 Item Page Last Modified: 2025-04-05 18:47Owner: steinmetzt_NIWA
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • NZ River Names and Large Catchments REC2 (WebMap)

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    This web map can also be accessed via the LINZ Storymap about NZ Key Datasets for Resilience and Climate Change https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b4dd46f15cea4234a098b4c8caae5b3d The River Environment Classification (REC) is a database of catchment spatial attributes, summarised for every segment in New Zealand's network of rivers. The attributes were...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • Ngā Puna o Te Puna

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    _________________Item Page Created: 2020-07-27 01:32 Item Page Last Modified: 2025-04-05 18:53Owner: herangin_NIWA
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • Hydrological Flow Path Explorer V2 (Web Map)

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    A webmap that contains a polyline network called the River Environment Classification (REC1) and links to later version called REC2. Attached to the REC polylines are the HYPE flow statistics and values._________________Item Page Created: 2021-04-21 06:50 Item Page Last Modified: 2025-04-05 18:54Owner: steinmetzt_NIWAHydrological_Flow_Path_Explorer_V2 -...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025

  • NZ Bathymetry 250m Imagery/Raster layer

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
    NIWA's bathymetry model of New Zealand at a 250m resolution. The 2016 model is a compilation of data digitised from published coastal charts, digital soundings archive, navy collector sheets and digital multibeam data sourced from surveys by NIWA, LINZ, as well as international surveys by vessels from United States of America, France, Germany, Australia,...
    Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025