- An extensive seawater system for holding live animals and conducting experiments with living animals
- A coastal climate station with more than 30 years of records on coastal weather conditions and continuous monitoring
- Wet laboratory
- Chemistry laboratory
- Microscope laboratory
- Small constant temperature room used for algal culture
- Teaching lab
- Seminar room
- Computer and software resources
- A small coastal and marine library reference collection
- The 15-metre RV Hawere research vessel which support research operations for six people for up to a week at sea
- A fleet of smaller outboard motor vessels for accessing the local coast
- Bunkroom accommodation for up to 24 students for field courses, four longer term student accommodation units, and a neighbouring cottage for visiting researchers.
Joint Graduate School in Coastal and Marine Science
Research facilities
The Joint Graduate School offers a first-class research infrastructure both at the Faculty of Science's Leigh Marine Laboratory and NIWA.
At the Leigh Marine Laboratory, we offer:
Facilities students can access at NIWA include:
- A range of ocean going research vessels including the deep water RV Tangaroa, the only vessel of its kind in New Zealand
- The National Centre for Aquaculture and the Bream Bay Aquaculture park with a focus on breeding, nutrition, environmental interactions and training.
