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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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Kōura at Taipōrutu, Te Māhia-Mai-Tawhiti

Kōura is an endangered freshwater species that is experiencing an increased national profile. Te Māhia Peninsula landholder Mere Whaanga, with the help of fellow resident…
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Adoption of the Tīmata Method for Restoring Native Bush

Over two million native forest plants have been sold and over 8600 hectares planted using the Tīmata Method for establishing ngahere (native bush). This article…
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Pohewa Pae Tawhiti

Supporting land-use change decisions that are consistent with landowner long-range visions and priorities, through an integrated framework that incorporates tools, models and innovative guidelines and…
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Regenerative agriculture in Aotearoa NZ: project overview and statement of purpose

Traditional agricultural science can often take a linear approach: knowledge is shared from scientists to farmers, who might then adopt one change and observe the…
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Variability of E. coli in rivers during base-flow conditions

Water Microbiology Conference, May 2018 | NZ Freshwater Sciences Society Annual Conference, December 2018
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Journal Article

The potential for phosphorus loss to groundwater from soils irrigated with dairy factory wastewater

Soils irrigated with phosphorus (P)-rich wastewater can increase the risk of P losses from land to water. We investigated if wastewater-irrigated soils can leach P…
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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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Potential phosphorus losses from grassland soils irrigated with dairy factory wastewater

Applying phosphorus (P)-rich wastewater to land can significantly enrich P in topsoil and consequently increase the risk of P losses in surface runoff and leaching.…
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Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 4: How do we add diversity on farm?

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