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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View maps and graphs showing daily predictions and measurements for UV levels across New Zealand.
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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
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.
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.
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 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
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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Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
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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
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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
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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 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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GNS Science
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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
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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Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
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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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Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
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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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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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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
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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.
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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.
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NIWA
Keywords River, river flow, forecast, flood, modelling
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
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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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GNS Science
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Geology
Keywords geology, 3D, subsurface, geothermal, TVZ, Asia-Pacific, New Zealand
The National Forestry Herbarium contains plants significant to plantation and indigenous forestry in New Zealand, including a wide range of native and amenity species.
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Scion
Keywords trees, exotic species, indigenous species, forestry
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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
Fact sheets on impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine and freshwater fish species using existing scientific information and expert scientific knowledge.
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
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
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.