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Development and validation of a nation-scale framework to characterize the fate and transport of key agricultural contaminants

A hydrological framework encompassing nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and microbial (E. coli) transfer from land to water was developed to provide a consistent and rapid…
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Technical Report

Using Drone Technology for Environmental Compliance

This article looks at the views of farmers, rural professionals and regulators on drone use for environmental compliance purposes. It also discusses the benefits they…
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Ki uta ki tai: Managing catchments for Healthy Estuaries

This research provided a new, national overview of the current state of the estuaries. About 60% of NZ estuary catchments do not meet the NPS-FM…
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Seventy years of data from the world’s longest grazed and irrigated pasture trials

Pastures are the most widespread land use, globally. The Winchmore trials were established in 1948–1949 in Canterbury, New Zealand and examined either different rates of…
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Taiao Manawa Ora: Purpose-led Change

This model (Taiao Manawa Ora: Purpose-led Change) was developed to guide partnerships between tangata whenua and tangata Tiriti. The model was developed to guide the…
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Summary: Food Quality and Safety from Regenerative Farms

A 2-page visual summary on assessing how regen ag might impact on food quality and safety, and how to assess that.
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Land Use Suitability

Land use suitability tools and assessment processes for increasing land use diversity and delivering better community outcomes.
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Technical Report

A risk assessment approach for prioritising actions in farm environment plans with mahinga kai values

The project co-developed and produced a geospatial tool that is available through a webpage. The beta tool allows users (initially dairy farmers) to identify and…
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Implications of water quality policy on land use: A case study of the approach in NZ

Achieving good water quality through output controls is difficult. The New Zealand Government recently proposed enforceable bottom lines to protect ecosystem health of 1 mg…
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