Penny Smale, the 'Laser Lady of Lauder’. By day she's a mum to two young boys, by night she measures ozone levels above Cental Otago with NIWA's Lidar instrument. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

[VIDEO] On a mission to explore, promote and support NZ product integrity, indigenous data sovereignty, contestable artificial intelligence. The Veracity Lab is now open for business. Check out what they’re up to… [Dave Allen for Victoria University of Wellington]

New Zealand’s only purpose built deep-water research vessel RV Tangaroa in drydock at Devonport naval yard. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

[VIDEO] It started with a flurry of excitement, meticulous planning and a rush of anticipation. A team of researchers from GNS Science set out to map the seafloor around Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai, a submarine volcano near Tonga, just 11 weeks after it erupted. But the voyage would not go as expected... [Dave Allen for GNS Science]

On the bridge of RV Tangaroa, close to Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

[VIDEO] Like a six minute time capsule - three generations of the Abbiss family in Manawatū discuss how things have changed over the years. From early tractor technology to improving soil biology and how they might reduce their impact on the climate - innovation has been a common theme. [Dave Allen for MPI / NZAGRC]

Systems Engineer Fabrice Cantos inside NIWA’s High Performance Computing Facility. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

[VIDEO] Environmental monitoring technicians Evan Baddock and Eric Stevens venture deep into Fiordland, NZ to monitor river and lake levels in the area. Travelling by jet boat and the occasional helicopter - they get to work in some of New Zealand's most stunning scenery - it's a tough job but someone has to do it! [Dave Allen for NIWA]

Local technicians in Vanuatu skillfully wire up a NIWA supplied Tier 1 weather station on the island of Tanna. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

[VIDEO] It was a real honour to have been asked to work with Tane and Clare on this video for the NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2022. They have so much fire and passion to do great things in the world - their company AgriSea was announced winner of Hi-Tech Kamupene Māori o te Tau – Māori Company of the Year for 2022. [Dave Allen for AgriSea]

Joshu Mountjoy and Susanne Woelz prepare equipment, that will help researchers better understand Kaikoura’s complex seafloor geology. [Dave Allen for NIWA]

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