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A mid-winter sunrise over Lake Pukaki with contrasting shadows and light, cold and warmth, blue and gold. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

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You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.

Jane Goodall

A mid-winter sunrise over Lake Pukaki with contrasting shadows and light, cold and warmth, blue and gold. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

A mid-winter sunrise over Lake Pukaki with contrasting shadows and light, cold and warmth, blue and gold. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

[VIDEO] Green Hydrogen - what is it? and more importantly, what do the researchers at GNS Science think about it? [Dave Allen for GNS Science]

Early morning on the banks of the Rakaia, one of the largest braided river systems in New Zealand. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

Early morning on the banks of the Rakaia, one of the largest braided river systems in New Zealand. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

[VIDEO] Everything you need to know about groundwater in New Zealand - Dr Rogier Westerhoff explains what it is, why it is so important and outlines the work that GNS Science is doing to map and protect our aquifers. [Dave Allen for GNS Science]

Sunlight breaks through an overhead gap in the podocarp forest, illuminating Matai Falls, Otago. [Dave Allen]

Sunlight breaks through an overhead gap in the podocarp forest, illuminating Matai Falls, Otago. [Dave Allen]

[VIDEO] The on-going rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not only changing our climate – it is also changing our oceans. This is a story about ocean acidification - what is it and why should we care? [Dave Allen for NIWA]

The 2016 Kaikoura earthquake raised the parts of the seabed up to eight metres, these rocks are now above water for the first time. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

The 2016 Kaikoura earthquake raised the parts of the seabed up to eight metres, these rocks are now above water for the first time. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

[VIDEO] Rick Burke and Jan Loney have managed to halve their sheep and beef farm's greenhouse gas emissions at the same time as doubling their profitability. [Dave Allen and Cameron Williamson for MPI / NZAGRC]

A young boy and his wider family prepare for a fishing trip near Bairiki, South Tarawa. Fishing offers the people of Kiribati an easy way to make a living, however a significant degradation in lagoon water quality may soon affect this way of life. [

A young boy and his wider family prepare for a fishing trip near Bairiki, South Tarawa. Fishing offers the people of Kiribati an easy way to make a living, however a significant degradation in lagoon water quality may soon affect this way of life. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

[VIDEO] Improvements in water supply throughout rural Fiji have created sanitation issues relating to greater volumes of waste water for disposal. NIWA scientist Chris Tanner discusses cost effective solutions. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

Since 1990 the Tasman glacier has retreated an average of 180 metres per year. The lake at the terminus of the glacier (top right) is a result of the glacier's decline, before 1973 it did not exist. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

Since 1990 the Tasman glacier has retreated an average of 180 metres per year. The lake at the terminus of the glacier (top right) is a result of the glacier's decline, before 1973 it did not exist. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

Wellington’s south coast often plays host to some of New Zealand’s most extreme weather. In June 2013, huge swells damaged the sea wall, roads and private property. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

Wellington’s south coast often plays host to some of New Zealand’s most extreme weather. In June 2013, huge swells damaged the sea wall, roads and private property. [Dave Allen for NIWA]