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   In 2016, NIWA technician Rod Budd is doing a routine dive under the Antarctic
   ice at Cape Evans, studying the creatures that live there.

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   NEW STUDY TO COMBAT HARM CAUSED BY ANCHORING
   
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   Ship anchors may cause extensive and long-lasting damage to the seafloor,
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   New Zealand’s glaciers appear "smashed and shattered" due to enduring ice
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   WHAT DO KITTENS AND BLUE COD HAVE IN COMMON?
   
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   Strange fish behaviour has been captured by NIWA scientists

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   NEW OCEAN SPECIES DISCOVERED IN BOUNTY TROUGH
   
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   Scientists on an expedition to the underexplored Bounty Trough off New
   Zealand have discovered around 100 new and potentially new ocean species.

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   MANY NEW ZEALAND GLACIERS ARE HEADED FOR EXTINCTION
   
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   A culmination of over 45 years of research is painting a grave picture for
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