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Two Argo floats arrived in Wellington this month, on their way to join a team of 4,000 that are floating in oceans around the world. The floats are a kind of ocean sampling “robot” that are designed to drift in currents and measu… Read More

As advertised in our previous science update, on 26 November we held our first mini-symposium with New Zealand and UAE researchers interested in Antarctic collaboration. The goal of the symposium was to provide a taste of the br… Read More

The Antarctica New Zealand's Annual Report 2024/25 is now available. It provides an overview of our key achievements, financial performance and strategic direction over the past year. This year’s report also highlights progress o… Read More

Kia ora, I’m Caitlin Berquist, a Waikato University student originally hailing from Whakatāne in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. I was lucky enough to be awarded the 2024/25 BLAKE Antarctica ambassadorship in partnership with Antarcti… Read More

At this time of year, as the sun rises over Antarctica, a “hole” opens up in Earth’s ozone layer. The ozone layer is a vital planetary boundary that protects all life on Earth from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet radiation. But as… Read More

GNS Science - Sediment cores retrieved from Antarctica’s Siple Coast last summer were carefully opened and examined at a recent workshop at the Otago Repository for Core Analysis (ORCA), an important step in the hunt for clues ab… Read More