The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric (NIWA) Research is a Crown Research Institute established to provide the science to help New Zealand manage the transition to a sustainable future.

Anuragh Chandra is originally from Fiji and works as an instrument technician-Climate and Hydrology.  He also helps manage the NIWA Climate Monitoring Network ,making sure that everything is working to ensure our scientists have access to the data they need on a daily basis.