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August 30, 2024
Our Land and Water has now ended.
Our mission was to preserve the most fundamental treasures of Aotearoa – its land and water – while producing value from those same treasures.
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Interactive Tool
The Matrix of Drivers: Online Tool
This online tool presents what agrifood experts think are the greatest issues and pressures influencing land use change in New Zealand. Developed by the Agribusiness…
Video
Can Kānuka Increase Pasture Production in New Zealand Hill Country? Research Video
In this research video, we explore the results of Tom Mackay-Smith's PhD at Massey University, measuring the impact of spaced kānuka trees on pasture production,…
Interactive Tool
LAWA: Actions for Healthy Waterways
The ‘Actions for Healthy Waterways’ topic on the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website presents the land management actions that New Zealanders have taken throughout…
Technical Report
The Matrix of Drivers: 2019 Update
This 2019 report identifies key trends and challenges with potential to impact land use in New Zealand, prioritised by primary sector leaders, with open access…
Interactive Tool
Pā to Plate
Pā to Plate is a web platform that connects hua (produce and resources) from ancestral lands with Māori who descend from those lands. Producers, growers…
Video
Creating a Diverse and Sustainable Dairy Farming and Forestry Landscape (video)
This short video features Graham Smith, a Waikato dairy farmer whose farm played host to one of last year's Rural Professionals Fund Projects. The project…
Technical Report
Faecal source tracking and the identification of naturalised Escherichia coli to assist with establishing water quality and faecal contamination levels
E. coli are routinely measured as faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) to provide indications of microbial water quality in parallel with other physico-chemical parameters. Recent evidence…
Guidance
The Catchment Group Toolkit
Build your Catchment Group Toolkit with resources from Our Land and Water and NZ Landcare Trust. Below you will find links to practical tools and…
Infographic
Summary: Farm Economic Metrics for Regenerative Agriculture
A 1-page visual summary of a suggested approach to assess the return of regenerative farming businesses.
Where are we conducting our research?
This interactive map shows the location of all our research projects to help connect you with the research happening in your catchment.
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