View Our Strategy Document 2019 – 2024
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.
Resource Finder
Use one, some or all the filters below to explore our resources, tools & research.
Know what you are looking for? Type below
Or, use our filtered search by selecting as little or as much as you like.
Showing 1 - 9 of 994 results
Journal Article
Towards best-practice inclusion of cultural indicators in decision making by Indigenous Peoples
The purpose of this article is to explore the state of knowledge of cultural indicators internationally and in Aotearoa New Zealand. Cultural indicators are a…
Technical Report
Regenerative principles applied in New Zealand
This report summarises and describes 11 principles drawn from multiple focus groups with NZ farmers and growers. Some principles are focused on encouraging farm practices…
Technical Report
Farmer preferences and drivers of decision-making related to water quality actions and land use change in Tukituki
Farmer interviews and survey results indicate that farmers and growers in the Tukituki have demonstrated considerable commitment to enhancing water quality, with significant endeavours in…
Interactive Tool
Consumer Data Portal
The AERU, as part of our Integrating Value Chains and Rewarding Sustainable Practices research (plus research for other funders) has developed online tools to access…
Guidance
Monitoring water clarity and turbidity in rivers
Water clarity and turbidity are commonly used measures of optical water quality. Water clarity (also referred to as visual clarity) is the ability of light…
Technical Report
Evolving Public Perceptions of Freshwater Management in Three New Zealand Regions
This study assesses public opinion of regional councils’ freshwater management in areas with and without collaborative planning processes. This study also assesses change in the…
Journal Article
Pohewa Pae Tawhiti (Visualising Horizons): a Māori holistic approach to the co-design of land-use systems
Exploring alternative land-uses, particularly alternatives to traditional productivist systems, is a key part of the transition towards sustainable future agricultural systems. However, decision-making around agricultural…
Video
Local food systems: Carlos Bagrie of Royalburn Station, Queenstown, NZ
Meet NZ food system innovator Carlos Bagrie, owner and farmer of Royalburn Station in Queenstown, New Zealand. Here they have their own on-farm micro/mobile abattoir…
Summary
How farmers’ social licence to operate is being negotiated in statutory planning processes in the Waikato Region
This case study looks at Waikato dairy farmers’ compliance with dairy effluent discharge consents. While other factors like methane emissions may also affect dairy farming’s…
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.
Hover over regions and click to see key information about the projects.
Our Key Collaborators
