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August 30, 2024
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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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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…
Guidance
Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A Māori Soil Sovereignty and Wellbeing Handbook
In te ao Māori, soil is taonga. It is also whanaunga – it holds ancestral connections and is the root of tūrangawaewae and whakapapa. It…
Technical Report
Predicting Land-Based Nitrogen Loads and Attenuation in the Rangitikei River Catchment – the model development
We investigated and developed a simple model to account for the influence of different soil types and underlying geology on the transformation of nitrogen (N)…
Summary
Ka Manawa Piharau tō Ratau: Workshop Summary
At the close of the final Our Land and Water Symposium, our MC, Johny O’Donnell, spoke of the migratory habits of kūaka (godwits). Every year,…
Journal Article
The Role of Relationships, Respect, and Self-determination in Creating Equitable Research Partnerships: The Case of Revitalise Te Taiao
Forming equitable research partnerships is a well-known challenge, particularly when some partners are indigenous and others have a colonizing heritage of exercising power over others.…
Journal Article
Do soil cadmium concentrations decline after phosphate fertilizer application is stopped: A comparison of long-term pasture trials in NZ
Stopping phosphorus (P) fertiliser can decrease topsoil cadmium (Cd) concentrations. Stopping P fertiliser applications reduced soil Cd concentrations after 21 and 26 years. Reductions only…
Journal Article
Communities and Climate Change: Why Practices and Practitioners Matter
Communities most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are intimately tied to a considerable amount of cultural and biological diversity. Much of that diversity…
Video
Physiographics in the Waituna catchment
The Physiographic Environments of New Zealand research project, part of the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge, describes how the physiographics approach has been…
Infographic
Summary: Determining GHG Reduction Potential Through Regenerative Agriculture
This infographic depicts the key processes contributing to greenhouse gas balance in agricultural systems with livestock, and outlines the proposed effects of regenerative agriculture and…
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