The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) databank is a world-leading repository for New Zealand’s plot-based vegetation data describing plant species occurrence and abundance, vegetation structure, and en...
                    
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Browse over 34,000 nationally-significant freshwater fish observations covering sample sites up and down New Zealand. 
            
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                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords Biodiversity, Fish, Freshwater, River
                
                
            View maps and graphs showing daily predictions and measurements for UV levels across New Zealand.
             
        Thinking about solar power? Plug in the numbers with this online calculator to estimate how much energy your solar panel will capture.
            
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                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords solar, energy, calculator, atmosphere
                
                
            Curious about what climate change will mean for New Zealand? Explore temperature and rainfall projections for a range of locations all the way out to the year 2100.
             
        View the most up-to-date bathymetry of the deep-water seabed in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone. Brought to you in 250 metre resolution.
             
        
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                    Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
                
                
                
                        Keywords Terrestrial Ecology, Terrestrial plants, Land, Vegetation, New Zealand
                
                
            
                    The Margot Forde Genebank (MFG) has New Zealand’s largest seed collection and the most diverse forage collection in the world. The MFG database holds over 48,000 public accessions of 2500 mostly tempe...
                    
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                    AgResearch
                
                
                
                        Keywords Grassland, Pasture, Environment, Agriculture, Global taonga
                
                
            Explore this digital geospatial database of approximately  600,000 New Zealand river segments and related catchments. 
            
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                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords Freshwater, River, stream, geology
                
                
            Learn about this nationally-significant marine invertebrate collection - featuring over 300,000 samples collected from around New Zealand, the Antarctic and Pacific.
            
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                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords Marine Invertebrates, collection, invertebrates, biodiversity
                
                
            Explore New Zealand's coast through a collection of geospatial layers focused on our coastal environment and related hazards. 
             
        View the Marine Environment Classification (MEC) - a GIS-based environmental classification of the marine environment of New Zealand used for marine management purposes.
             
        
                    Access nationally-significant weather data from approx. 6,500 climate stations which have been operating for various periods since the earliest recorded observations were made in the year 1850. Accoun...
                    
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Explore and access flows and water levels for selected rivers and streams in New Zealand. 
             
        View scientific observations of freshwater chemistry data across New Zealand, including dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH and conductivity - all quality assured by NIWA experts.
             
        Access millions of marine biodiversity and species distribution data from New Zealand's EEZ, the Ross Sea (Antarctica), the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand and surrounding seas. 
             
        Get estimates of peak flood flows and understand the magnitude and frequency of floods across New Zealand for a network of over 600,000 river segments.
             
        Get estimates of the magnitude and frequency of high intensity rainfall for a range of return periods and event durations at any point in New Zealand.
             
        Tide forecaster provides tidal data for any point in New Zealand. Forecast high and low tides anywhere in open coastal and ocean waters around New Zealand for up to 31 days.
             
        Browse a catalogue of major weather events in New Zealand over the last 200 years from the 1800s to the present, when significant damage or casualties occurred.
             
        Find out how the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases, including C02 and methane, has changed at Baring Head since 1974.
            
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                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords CO2, climate, atmosphere, methane, climatechange
                
                
            View the long-running 'seven-station' series, which shows how New Zealand's average annual temperature has changed over the past 100 years.
             
        See the weather and climate for locations across New Zealand – for the next 24 hours and beyond forecasted by NIWA's High Performance Computers and moderate by NIWA's team of weather experts.
             
        Dive into LakeSPI (Lake Submerged Plant Indicators) - a lake information and management tool used to assess and report on the ecological condition of New Zealand lakes.
            
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                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords biodiversity, freshwater, lake, plants
                
                
            View this network of cameras that monitor New Zealand's coastal environment. 
             
        Access a record of over 400 historic tsunami occurrences around the New Zealand coast.
             
        
                    The Land Resource Information System (LRIS) Portal is an online geospatial data repository provided by Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research that holds over 200 different land resource data layers for Aote...
                    
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                    The Geomagnetic Database enables measurement of geomagnetic data from observatories at Scott Base (Antarctica), Eyrewell (Canterbury) and Apia (Samoa) and transfers processed data to the global INTERM...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
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                                Geology
                            
                
                
                        Keywords New Zealand, Geomagnetism, Magnetic fields, Magnetic anomalies, Amberley Observatory, Apia Observatory, Eyrewell Magnetic Observatory, Samoa, Scott Base, Antarctica, Magnetic recording, Christchurch Magnetic Observatory, Temporal variation
                
                
            
                    The New Zealand Fossil Record File (FRF) is one of the “Nationally Significant” collections and databases recognised by the New Zealand government. It comprises a comprehensive archive of fossil colle...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
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                                Geology
                            
                
                
                        Keywords fossil, locality, collection, paleontology, stratigraphy, coordinates, collector, geology
                
                
            
                    The moment tensor describes the source parameters of an earthquake such as the focal mechanism (the geometry of how the crust ruptured in the earthquake) and the seismic moment (the amount of energy r...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
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                                Geology
                            
                
                
                        Keywords moment magnitude, moment tensor, beach ball, fault plane, seismology, geological hazard, geophysical network, monitoring, Seismic event, GeoNet, centroid moment tensor, earthquake source parameter, focal mechanism, earthquake
                
                
            
                    The Aotearoa/New Zealand GeoNet Seismic Digital Waveform data are archived and publicly available.
The time-series include the GeoNet supported permanent and some temporary network deployments and ...
                    
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                    This is a collection of processed strong motion data using the national strong motion network of New Zealand. The products are available for earthquakes at magnitude 4.0 or higher.
The strong motion ...
                    
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                    The New Zealand Stratigraphic Lexicon (StratLex) is one of the “Nationally Significant” collections and databases recognised by the New Zealand government. It is a comprehensive database of formally n...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
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                                Geology
                            
                
                
                        Keywords stratigraphy, lithostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, Paleozoic, Precambrian, Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Three Kings Islands, Stewart Island, biostratigraphy, tectonostratigraphy, rock units, geologic age, New Zealand, Subantartic Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands
                
                
            
                    The National Paleontological Collection (NPC) is one of the “Nationally Significant” collections and databases recognised by the New Zealand government. In addition to systematic reference collections...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
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                                Geology
                            
                
                
                        Keywords fossil, collections, paleontology, curation, sample, holotype
                
                
            
                    Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga provides access to referenced information on how Māori used plants and other organisms to live in Aotearoa - New Zealand, particularly before the arrival of Europeans. It now a...
                    
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                    The Allan Herbarium contains plant species from around the world but specialises in indigenous and exotic plants of the Aotearoa – New Zealand region and the South Pacific. There are over 620,000 spec...
                    
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                    Manaaki Wheuna Landcare Research
                
                
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                                Biodiversity
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Biodiversity, Terrestrial plants, New Zealand
                
                
            
                    S-map is a digital soil map for Aotearoa – New Zealand. S-map’s goal is to provide precise and accurate soil information to support sustainable management of our soil resource. S-map data contains fun...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Land
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Soils, Land, New Zealand, Digital Soil Map, Maps
                
                
            
                    The New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI) is a national spatial database of physical land resource information. It comprises an inventory of five physical factors (rock type, soil, slope, presen...
                    
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                    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Land
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Land, Soils, Land Resources, New Zealand
                
                
            
                    The New Zealand Land Cover Database (LCDB) is a multi-temporal, thematic classification of New Zealand's land cover. It identifies 33 mainland land cover classes (35 classes once the offshore Chatham ...
                    
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                    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
                
                
                
                        Keywords Land Cover, Biodiversity, Vegetation, New Zealand
                
                
            
                    The National Soils Database (NSD) is part of the National Soils Data Repository which is a repository for over 8000 soil observations, including soil analytical results, across New Zealand. The Nation...
                    
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                    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Land
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Soils, Land Resources, New Zealand
                
                
            
                    This database summarises incursion response and eradication programmes from around the world. The scope of the database is terrestrial arthropod pests and plant pathogens. Weeds, vertebrate pests, aqu...
                    
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                    The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited
                
                
                
                        Keywords pests, plant pathogens, biosecurity, invaders, eradication
                
                
            
                    The Biological Control Agents introduced to New Zealand (BCANZ) online database contains complete information on the biological control agents that have been introduced to New Zealand to help manage w...
                    
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                    The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited
                
                
                
                        Keywords Biological Control Agents, weeds, invertebrate pests, pests
                
                
            
                    The GGW database is operated and maintained by the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS Science). It contains geochemical (chemistry and sampling), hydrological, geological and/or...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
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                                Geology
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Groundwater chemistry, Database, Fluid chemistry, Air quality data, Geothermal features, New Zealand, Raoul Island
                
                
            
                    A collection of digital geological maps in GIS formats comprising geological, geophysical and topographic layers. Some geological map products include other components such as printed maps, printable ...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
                
                        Keywords New Zealand, ANTARCTICA, GEOLOGIC MAPS, stratigraphy, structural geology, geological units, rock units, topography, Stewart Island
                
                
            
                    Petlab is New Zealand’s national rock, mineral and geoanalytical database. It is operated by GNS Science, with GNS Science, Auckland, Waikato, Massey, Victoria, Canterbury and Otago universities all c...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
                
                        Keywords New Zealand, ANTARCTICA, petrology, mineral, rock, geochronology, geochemistry
                
                
            
                    The landmark 518-page publication "Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand" by Beu & Maxwell (1990, NZGS Paleontological Bulletin 58) is long out of print. This publication by Beu & Raine (2009, GNS Science ...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
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                                Geology
                            
                
                
                        Keywords New Zealand, paleontology, taxonomy, Mollusca, Cenozoic, Chatham Islands, Campbell Island
                
                
            
                    The GNS Science Photo Library, now named the Visual Media Library (VML), contains over 200,000 stock images featuring aerial views, landscapes, geological features and scientific research including vo...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    GNS Science
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Geology
                            
                
                
                        Keywords PHOTOGRAPHS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, GEOLOGY, LANDFORMS, EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, VOLCANOES, RIVERS, COASTS, MINERALS, FOSSILS, ROCKS, LANDSLIDES, FAULTS, MARINE GEOSCIENCE, ISOTOPES, LABORATORIES, GEOTHERMAL, EROSION, TSUNAMI, LANDSCAPES, MINING, ENERGY, GLOBAL CHANGE
                
                
            
                    New Zealand Tsunami Database includes information about tsunamis that have reached the coastline of New Zealand since humans arrived in this land until the present day. The database is primarily the w...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
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                                Geology
                            
                
                
                        Keywords tsunami, historical, impact, risk, hazard, record, wave
                
                
            
                    This dataset defines the maximum expected tsunami height (maximum amplitude) for return periods of 100, 500 and 2500 years at the 50th and 84th percentile of confidence, as estimated by the model desc...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
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                                Geology
                            
                
                
                        Keywords tsunami, risk, hazard, record, wave, New Zealand, Chatham Islands, 2013, probabilistic, national
                
                
            
                    The archive contains scanned images of published and unpublished, geological maps for New Zealand, its offshore territories and Antarctica. The maps range from field sheets to draft compilations to co...
                    
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                    GNS Science
                
                
                
                        Keywords New Zealand, ANTARCTICA, GEOLOGIC MAPS, HISTORIC MAPS, IMAGE ARCHIVE
                
                
            
                    S-map is a digital soil map for Aotearoa – New Zealand. S-map’s goal is to provide precise and accurate soil information to support sustainable management of our soil resource. S-map Online provides a...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Land
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Soils, Land, New Zealand, Digital Soil Map, Maps
                
                
            
                    Land Use Capability (LUC) 2021 is a specific subset of the NZLRI. The LUC rates the ability of each land region to sustain long-term agricultural production, based on an assessment of the NZLRI invent...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Land
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Land, New Zealand, Land Use Capability
                
                
            
                    S-map Soil Depth is part of the S-map digital soil map for Aotearoa – New Zealand. Soil depth is defined according to a traditional agronomic concept of soil depth. In a practical sense, it can be tho...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Land
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Land, Soils, New Zealand, Soil Depth
                
                
            
                    S-map Soil Drainage is part of the S-map digital soil map for Aotearoa – New Zealand. Soil drainage is a relatively simple classification of the soil profile that describes the likelihood of seasonal ...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research 
                
                
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                                Land
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Land, Soils, Soil Drainage, New Zealand
                
                
            
                    S-map Soil Texture is part of the S-map digital soil map for Aotearoa – New Zealand. The data comprises the dominant texture class of the upper 60 cm of the soil profile (Clayey, Loamy, Peaty, Sandy, ...
                    
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                    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Land
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Land, Soils, Soil Texture, New Zealand
                
                
            
                    S-map Soil Classification (Soil Order) is part of the S-map digital soil map for Aotearoa – New Zealand. The layer is a "dissolved" representation  of the New Zealand Soil Classification soil order pr...
                    
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                    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Land
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Land, Soils, Soil Classification, New Zealand, Soil Order
                
                
            The New Zealand Drought Monitor is a system for keeping track of drought conditions across New Zealand based on a standardised climate index.
            
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                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords drought, climate, hazard, weather, rainfall
                
                
            
                    Daily maps showing soil moisture deficit, soil moisture anomaly, last 15 days rain, month-to-date rain, last 15 days sun, month-to-date sun, last 15 days temperature, month-to-date temperature, last 3...
                    
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Annual, seasonal and monthly summaries of temperature, rainfall and sunshine data from across New Zealand. 
            
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                    NIWA
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Climate
                            
                
                
                        Keywords climate, weather, rainfall, sunshine, temperature, annual, monthly, seasonal
                
                
            Air temperature, rainfall, soil moisture and river flow predictions for the coming season.
            
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                    NIWA
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Climate
                            
                
                
                        Keywords climate, weather, rainfall, rain, temperature, soil moisture, river flow
                
                
            Summaries of the typical weather and climate of a region, based on historical data observations made at climate stations located within the region.
            
                    Hosted By
                    NIWA
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Climate
                            
                
                
                        Keywords historical, weather, summary, climate, observations, regional
                
                
            Monthly summaries of the climate in the tropical South Pacific islands, with an outlook for the coming months.
             
        Summaries of up-coming tropical cyclone seasons, issued 6-monthly.
             
        National daily river flow forecasts for 24-hour periods across New Zealand.
            
                    Hosted By
                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords River, river flow, forecast, flood, modelling
                
                
            
                    Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC): measurements from NIWA atmospheric research station at Lauder, NZ. Includes ozone, column gases, aerosols, water vapour and UV. Rec...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    NIWA
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Atmosphere
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Atmosphere, Gases, Ultraviolet (UV), Aerosols, NDACC, Ozone
                
                
            
                    We present 60 years of Δ14CO2 measurements from Wellington, New Zealand (41°S, 175°E). The record has been extended and fully revised. New measurements have been used to evaluate the existing record a...
                    
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                    GNS Science, NIWA
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Atmosphere
                            
                
                
                        Keywords carbon cycle,, greenhouse gases,, atmospheric trace gas observations
                
                
            
                    3D geoscience models in Leapfrog Geothermal relevant to geothermal projects, built from public and/or proprietary data.
Models are multidisciplinary and often include: topographic data, GIS datasets,...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    GNS Science
                
                
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                                Geology
                            
                
                
                        Keywords geology, 3D, subsurface, geothermal, TVZ, Asia-Pacific, New Zealand
                
                
            
                    Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC): measurements from the NIWA atmospheric research station at Lauder, NZ. Includes total column and profile measurements of greenhouse...
                    
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                    NIWA
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Atmosphere
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Atmosphere, Gas, Greenhouse gas, Ultraviolet (UV), Aerosols, NDACC, Ozone, Carbon dioxide, CO2, Methane, CH4
                
                
            
                    Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC):  NIWA atmospheric measurements from the Antarctica New Zealand research station at Arrival Heights, Antarctica. Includes total colu...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    NIWA
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Atmosphere
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Atmosphere, Gas, Greenhouse gas, Ultraviolet (UV), NDACC, Ozone, Carbon dioxide, CO2, methane, CH4, Antarctica, Aerosols
                
                
            The National Forestry Herbarium contains plants significant to plantation and indigenous forestry in New Zealand, including a wide range of native and amenity species.
            
                    Hosted By
                    Scion
                
                
                
                        Keywords trees, exotic species, indigenous species, forestry
                
                
            
                    TCCON (Total Column Observing Network) is a network of ground-based Fourier Transform Spectrometers recording direct solar spectra in the near infrared spectral region. From these spectra, accurate an...
                    
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                    NIWA
                
                
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                                Atmosphere
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Atmosphere, Greenhouse gas, Ultraviolet (UV), Aerosols, TCCON, CO2, CH4, Carbon dioxide, methane, N2O, HF, CO, H2O, HDO
                
                
            COCCON (COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network) ground-based remote sensing of atmospheric trace gases, CO2, CH4, CO ,H2O and HDO.
            
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                    NIWA
                
                
                        Category
                            
                                Atmosphere
                            
                
                
                        Keywords Atmosphere, Greenhouse gas, COCCON, CO2, Carbon dioxide, CH4, methane, CO, H2O, HDO
                
                
            
                    GRUAN (Global Climate Observing System Reference Upper-Air Network) is a state-of-the-art global network of high-quality measurements of climate variables (ozone, water vapour, temperature) in the upp...
                    
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WOUDC (World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre) is one of six World Data Centres which are part of the Global Atmosphere Watch programme of the World Meteorological Organization.
             
        WRMC-BSRN (World Radiation Monitoring Center-Baseline Surface Radiation Network) - measurements of radiation, ultraviolet (UV) and aerosols.
             
        
                    Biota of New Zealand provides access to taxonomic and nomenclature data associated with Aotearoa – New Zealand’s biodiversity collections of fungi, land invertebrates and plants. Biota of New Zealand ...
                    
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                    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
                
                
                
                        Keywords Terrestrial plants, Land, Fungi, Micro organisms, Biodiversity, Land invertebrates, Plant pathogens, Plants
                
                
            
                    The NGMP is a groundwater quality dataset, collected regularly through collaborations with regional council personnel from 110 sites across all 15 regions of New Zealand, since 1990. The network attai...
                    
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                    New Zealand’s depth to hydrogeological basement map. Depth to hydrogeological basement can be loosely defined as the ‘base of aquifers’; or more strictly as ‘the depth to where primary porosity and pe...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    GNS Science
                
                
                
                        Keywords Groundwater resources, New Zealand
                
                
            ESR monitors New Zealand’s wastewater for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19. Check the weekly wastewater surveillance report from sampling across the country.
             
        
                    The Aquifer Potential Map is a preliminary map (version 1.0). This work was carried out as part of the GNS Science Groundwater Resources of New Zealand research programme, and future plans within this...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    GNS Science
                
                
                
                        Keywords Maps, Database, New Zealand, Raoul Island, Aquifer Potential
                
                
            
                    Monthly data of 1km x 1km rainfall recharge to groundwater, from Jan-2000 – Dec-2014. The National Groundwater Recharge Model (NGRM) was developed to demonstrate the utility of satellite data and glob...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    GNS Science
                
                
                
                        Keywords New Zealand, rainfall recharge, water table, model-derived
                
                
            
                    This dataset is a model-derived steady-state mean water table at the New Zealand nationwide scale with a resolution of 250m x 250m. These data are described in Westerhoff et al. (2018) – URL: https://...
                    
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                    Hosted By
                    GNS Science
                
                
                
                        Keywords New Zealand, groundwater, water table, aquifer, model-derived
                
                
            A water quality restoration tool that can help reduce levels of sediment, nutrients and microbes. This can the water quality exiting the wetland and the ecology of downstream water bodies. 
             
        Includes about 500 aquatic invertebrate taxa. There's 16 broad trait categories that are divided into subcategories. 
             
        
                    Many of New Zealand's fish species (like inanga and tuna) undertake significant migrations as part of their life-cycle. However, instream infrastructure such as culverts and dams, can delay or prevent...
                    
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These calendars cover 41 key freshwater fish species and are designed to help people working near freshwater minimise the impact of their work on the fish. Includes spawning and migration periods. 
             
        Tau kōura is a traditional Māori fishing method commonly used to harvest kōura or freshwater crayfish in areas where they are abundant. 
             
        These Biodiversity Memoirs are illustrated reference works that capture New Zealand's distinctive marine fauna and flora. 
            
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                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords marine flora, marine fauna, biodiversity
                
                
            Find information on marine pests in New Zealand waters
             
        Useful information and resources on New Zealand's marine flora and invertebrate fauna. 
             
        
                    Catchment Land Use for Environmental Sustainability (CLUES) model is a GIS-based system that predicts the effects of land-use change and farm practice scenarios on water quality and socio-economic ind...
                    
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Citizen science database for information on fish passage assessment, catch & release, NZ flood pics and snow depth. 
             
        
                    NIWA station information management system (SIMS) is a Web based data management system to maintain descriptive information about environmental monitoring stations around New Zealand. The system lists...
                    
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GIS image service of satellite water quality products. New Zealand wide maps from July 2002 including timeseries, climatologies and anomalies. 
             
        Virtual climate station estimates are produced every day, based on the spatial interpolation of actual data observations made at climate stations located around the country.
             
        URQIS is a resource developed in 2012 that provides stormwater and urban stream quality data to the public by accessing a database of urban runoff quality data collected from all over New Zealand.
             
        Ocean acidification conditions around the New Zealand coast are measured to establish baseline conditions and to quantify future change.
             
        Since 1978 an aerial photographic survey of the glaciers of New Zealand has been carried out. The primary purpose of the survey is to record how much snow covers the glaciers at the end of summer. 
             
        
                    New Zealand Flood Pics (NZFP) is a photographic archive of flooding for Aotearoa New Zealand. Its purpose is to collate photographs from floods that can support evidence-based decision-making for indi...
                    
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                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords flooding, citizen-science, PHOTOGRAPHS, database
                
                
            
                    The maps and data linked from this page provide a modelled representation of New Zealand’s 1% annual exceedance probability (AEP) extreme sea level flooding under current climatic sea conditions, plus...
                    
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                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords sea-level-rise, Climate Change, coastal, flooding, gis-image, Maps, scenarios
                
                
            A wide range of freshwater biodiversity resources including diversity of algae in wetlands through to Mokihinui River project and Patea River periphyton. 
             
        
                    Any aspects of climate can be mapped from national through to regional and local levels. The maps are built using the national climate database, satellite data and output from global-scale and local-s...
                    
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                    NIWA's public platform for exploring and downloading open science data, discovering and building apps, and engaging to solve important issues. You can analyze and combine Open Data sets using maps, as...
                    
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                    NIWA
                
                
                
                        Keywords GIS, Geospatial
                
                
            
                    The DATAMAN is a database of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management. The web app has features for viewing and downloading Field, Storage and Housing data.
Manure management represents a key u...
                    
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                    AgResearch
                
                
                
                        Keywords Manure, Livestock, Agriculture, Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous oxide, Greenhouse gases, Greenhouse gas
                
                
            
                    Traits are defined as the components of organisms that can be measured and have an effect on ecosystem health. This trait database for marine benthic invertebrates is a powerful tool for assessing bio...
                    
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Fact sheets on impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine and freshwater fish species using existing scientific information and expert scientific knowledge.
             
        Educational resources for school students and teachers to discover more about science and technology. Includes air quality experiments, estuaries, climate and weather and more. 
             
        
                    NIWA generates ‘Normals’ from Climate Station Observations collected as part of our Climate Station Network. These are long term (30-year) statistics (averages or totals) of climatologic parameters fo...
                    
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                    NIWA generates ‘Statistics’ from Climate Station Observations. These are monthly (e.g. ‘for January 1974') and annual (e.g. 'for 1974’) averages for large range of station locations, calculated for a ...
                    
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Fire Indices and weather forecasts for fire management, provided by NIWA on behalf of Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
            
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                    NIWA, Fire and Emergency New Zealand
                
                
                
                        Keywords forecast
                
                
            Weather reports and warnings for National Parks provided by NIWA on behalf of Department of Conservation.
            
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                    NIWA, Department of Conservation
                
                
                
                        Keywords forecast, weather
                
                
            
                    'Climatologies' are long-term averages of climate parameters derived from observations. We build our climatology maps using data from NIWA’s extensive national climate database, satellite data, and ou...
                    
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                    We build our maps of sea level flooding from analysis of sea-level measurements and numerical models and we have verified the results against sea-level run-up observations collected after large storm-...
                    
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                    Our Land and Water was one of New Zealand’s 11 National Science Challenges, aimed at addressing critical issues in primary production and the sustainable management of land and water resources. Funded...
                    
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                    AgResearch
                
                
                
                        Keywords land use change, Environment, water quality, Climate Change, Environmental management
                
                
            
                    New Zealand’s Biological Heritage National Science Challenge (BioHeritage) – Ngā Koiora Tuku Iho – is one of the country’s 11 National Science Challenges. Established in 2014, BioHeritage tackles one ...
                    
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                    Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
                
                
                
                        Keywords Ecosystems, Mātauranga Māori, Biodiversity, Biosecurity, Pest management, resilience, genomics, conservation, restoration, invasive species, communities
                
                
            
                    Data from ~150 published, unpublished, national and international collections covering >30,000 sediment analyses and observations were compiled and integrated to produce a series of maps characterisin...
                    
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A flood database containing consistent flood hazard maps for a range of Annual Exceedance Probabilities (AEP) covering every catchment in the country. 
             
        NIWA provides weather and climate forecasting data services the forecasts are delivered using API, GIS and web interfaces, all underpinned by our data analytics expertise.
             
        
                    This dataset identifies areas potentially exposed to shallow groundwater hazards. The model developed to create this product was trained using all accessible groundwater depth information held in Regi...
                    
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                    A national dataset of invertebrate data collected at 66 sites. The network was first established in January 1989 and was designed to provide reliable scientific information on many important physical,...
                    
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