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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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Guidance

Designing Effective Farm Environment Plans

We have prepared a guidance document for people who need to design effective FEPs, FEP templates and processes. It proses a four-step approach and makes…
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Journal Article

Knowledge, mātauranga and science: reflective learning from the interface

This essay offers reflective learning on how researchers in the Western science tradition connect to bodies of knowledge created and held outside that tradition. It…
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Interactive Tool

SWIFT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Impact and Feasibility Tool

SWIFT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Impact and Feasibility Tool) is designed to support discussions that enable collective action groups (CAGs) to tackle complex environmental challenges. SWIFT can…
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Journal Article

gndDb, a Database of Partial gnd Sequences To Assist with Analysis of Escherichia coli Communities Using High-Throughput Sequencing

The use of culture methods to detect Escherichia coli diversity does not provide sufficient resolution to identify strains present at low levels. Here, we target…
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Technical Report

The development of an indicator framework to measure enablers and constraints on Māori agribusiness

This report outlines the process taken to map the specific constraints and enablers Māori agribusinesses face, and produce a set of indicators to measure these…
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Video

Monitoring Freshwater Improvement Actions webinar

This webinar explains an interactive WebApp that helps detect improvements in rivers, lakes and groundwater, and helps select appropriate monitoring technologies that enable early detection…
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Video

Powhiri as a tool for Collaboration

Insight into how all New Zealanders can use the elements of Powhiri as a guide for collaborations, creatively told through film.
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Journal Article

Indirect faecal source tracking methods to elucidate critical sources and contaminant transfers through catchments – a review

In New Zealand, there is substantial potential for microbial contaminants from agricultural fecal sources to be transported into waterways. Understanding contaminant transport pathways from catchment…
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Video

Incentives // The Value Chain Compass

As the name suggests, a value chain involves a series of linkages between the producers at one end of the chain and the final consumers…
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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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