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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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Technical Report

Enhancing Māori agribusiness through kaitiakitanga tools

This report focuses on Māori agribusinesses and their dynamic and holistic approach to natural resources that seek to balance commercial and cultural imperatives. An overview…
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State of Grain: Impacts & risks for dairy farmers

This infographic depicts the risks, supply and demand for imported feed in New Zealand. The PDF of this infographic linked below will print on two…
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Predicted willingness-to-pay price premium for red meat and dairy products

This infographic summarises key findings from a meta-analysis of international studies. It found the highest consumer ‘willingness to pay’ (WTP) for sustainability attributes is for…
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The viability, feasibility, and environmental effects from using New Zealand sourced phosphate

New Zealand has accessible, on-shore sources of phosphate, finds this report. There are known phosphate deposits in Clarendon, Otago (containing at least 1.6Mt of phosphate…
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Orchard soil characterisation

This study aimed to explore the role of different soil properties in relation to avocado orchard yield. Data from this study will also be incorporated…
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Healthy Estuaries

Assessing the interactions between loadings of different contaminants from freshwaters on the health and functioning of estuaries
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Storying Kaitiakitanga: Exploring Kaupapa Māori Land and Water Food System Approach

This article explores the Indigenous principle of kaitiakitanga as it relates to Māori agrifood practices. Our discussion is based on interviews with a small cross-section…
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A New Hill Country Vision

Verdantia Research is a company that spun out of a large body of research, including one Our Land and Water research project.  This video shares…
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Māorimaps.com Waitangi Catchment Pilot

This provides a new web enabled access tool that connects cultural GIS data and soil and water science, with the Māori Maps marae community platform.…
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