NIWA, Taihoro Nukurangi, is New Zealand’s lead research agency for climate, freshwater and ocean science. Established in 1992 as the National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, NIWA scientists operate across New Zealand, the wider Pacific and Antarctica.
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Dr Natalie Robinson
Natalie is a marine physicist and an Antarctica veteran who has travelled to the icy continent several times to research interactions and processes between the ice and the ocean, including the implications of these for our changing global climate. Her work has signficantly contributed to understanding the oceanic connection between ice shelf and sea ice regimes. |
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Dr Joe O'Callaghan
Joe wants to answer some big questions - like how our oceans work. She is a physical oceanographer, using remote underwater drones to study the forces and currents off our coasts. It’s all part of her mission to understand how things like plastics or nutrients are transported through our seas. |
Dr Amanda Valois
Amanda wants to know how plastic ends up in our oceans - and what we can do to stop it. Most of the plastic in our seas comes from land, and Amanda, a NIWA freshwater scientist, is tracking how plastics travel down New Zealand waterways and rivers. She is working to identify pollution sources, trace key pathways and work out how best to reduce its impact. |
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Dr Helen Neil
Helen is an experienced geologist with interests in seabed mapping, oceanography, and stable isotope geochemistry. Her expertise has been applied to the management and delivery of large-scale multi-disciplinary projects and research voyages associated with seabed surveys, telecommunication cables, marine infrastructure, and ocean exploration within the subtropical and subantarctic oceans surrounding New Zealand. |