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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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Connecting communities for effective farm plans – webinar

Land use intensification and the degradation of water quality was enabled by a system that considered all farms separately, despite their cumulative effects on water…
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Workforce Implications

Workforce Implications of Land-Use Change

Investigating workforce as a constraint on land-use changes
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Worker Requirements Webinar

Labour shortages in the agrifood sector were highlighted when Covid-19 closed borders, but the underlying shortages go back further. For example, the conversion of sheep,…
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Wai 262 Best Practice Guide launch – webinar

During Puanga/Matariki 2022, a year on from the Wai 262 webinar series hosted by the Rauika Māngai, we came together again to launch the report,…
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Pointing the way: Indicators for a better Aotearoa New Zealand

This report summarises the programme of work undertaken by the Indicators Working Group and offers a few high-level lessons. The key recommendation is that a…
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Designing Freshwater Monitoring Programmes to Detect Early Improvement

This short guidance document is to support the design of freshwater monitoring programmes to detect early improvement and is for regional councils, government, and multi-agency…
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Microbiome innovations for a sustainable future

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are being integrated into bioeconomy strategies around the world, including the European Green Deal. We highlight how microbiome-based…
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Science for Policy – System Supports

This webinar describes the results of an in-depth study into the role that science played in the development of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater…
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Whāriki: The growth of Māori community entrepreneurship

This book aims to increase understanding of what drives enterprise within an indigenous cultural space in New Zealand. Whāriki reveals how kin-based business ventures created…
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