NZ's Antarctic research is a microcosm of how the country's scientific future should unfold, says Sir Peter Gluckman.

Weather in the North Island is expected to remain clear and dry till the end of the month - but be prepared for a muggy summer.

I was having a discussion with someone the other day who predicts the weather in more of an alternative way than I do and was claiming that winter is still well and truly with us.

New Zealand is braving an international backlash by going after fish species environmentalists say are unsustainably caught. Geoff Cumming reports.

Niwa is hoping its new $12.7m computer will yield more accurate rainfall predictions.

The state-owned weather and atmospheric research body is being taken to court over the accuracy of data used to calculate global warming.

The good news from the first Census of Marine Life is: New Zealand's waters are indeed teeming with wondrous creatures and plants.

Heavy rain may ruin Queen's Birthday for North Islanders with another big low barrelling out of the north Tasman Sea.

May was a stormy month, with more lows over the Tasman Sea and higher pressures east of the Chatham Islands whipping up more wind and rain.

Is there a massive government conspiracy developing in the skies over New Zealand?

I do believe humans are contributing to the polluting and heating of the earth.