extreme weather

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 August 202219 August 2022

A long-lived atmospheric river is landing on New Zealand shores today, which NIWA says could lead to “well over a […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 March 201928 March 2019

The West Coast region of the South Island has declared a state of emergency following torrential rain on Tuesday night […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 January 201811 April 2018

Niwa has released its annual climate summary for 2017, which it says was a year of weather extremes. While the […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 26 October 201711 April 2018

Climate change will impact human health, both directly – through heat waves and weather events – and indirectly by challenging […]

Uncategorized | Published: 07 April 2016

International scientists have pooled together data from the last 1,200 years on the relationship between water and the climate in […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 26 November 201528 March 2016

2015 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization. This year’s global […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 23 June 201528 March 2016

Climate change threatens to unravel the last 50 years of health gains, but also presents an opportunity to boost global […]

In the News | Published: 16 June 2015

Crazy surf at Lyall Bay – awesome stuff #whywellington pic.twitter.com/w3y9f3R2yZ – Mike Cousins (@orbzuc) June 14, 2015 Flooding in Dunedin, […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 17 March 201517 March 2015

Humanitarian aid is en route to cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu, but in the midst of the devastation, where do you begin to […]

In the News | Published: 16 March 201528 March 2016

Wild weather is expected across much of the country as Cyclone Pam tracks close to New Zealand. Severe weather warnings […]