Jim Salinger lost his job for allegedly ignoring a Niwa policy against speaking to the media without approval.

Sacked NIWA scientist Jim Salinger says a call made to Jim Hickey was not in a professional capacity, as NIWA alleges, a therapist tells the ERA.

Last month was the warmest August New Zealand has seen since temperatures were first recorded 155 years ago.

A forecaster has predicted an ugly year's weather ahead.

Niwa climate scientists are saying it seems as though spring has come early.

Scientists have proved that slugs found on an Auckland beach are toxic but have not established what they have eaten to make them poisonous.