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August 30, 2024
Our Land and Water has now ended.
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
Evolving Public Perceptions of Freshwater Management in Three New Zealand Regions
This study assesses public opinion of regional councils' freshwater management in areas with and without collaborative planning processes. This study also assesses change in the…
Journal Article
On the use of stressor-response relationships in the management of lake eutrophication
Since the 1960s, theoretical and empirical advances in limnology have offered lake managers different approaches to address lake eutrophication problems. The Vollenweider input–output model and…
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…
Journal Article
The mitigation of phosphorus losses from a water repellent soil used for grazed dairy farming
Soil water repellency (SWR) decreases the infiltration rate of soil, increasing the potential for surface runoff in response to rainfall (Bauters et al., 2000). The…
Guidance
Partnering for Change work group process guide
This guide details how to start a Partnering for Change work group in your region. It details: Key steps to starting, maintaining and replicating a…
Faecal Source Tracking
Identifying the sources of faecal contamination in waterways, and identifying naturalised Escherichia coli to help establish water quality for swimming
Journal Article
Development of a national-scale framework to characterise transfers of N, P and Escherichia coli from land to water
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…
Technical Report
Creating a diverse and sustainable dairy farming and forestry landscape
Analysis of the results and discussion indicates that our hypothesis did not eventuate. There was not the increase in pasture production in the ‘shade' environment…
Video
Dr James Turner on Taiao Manawa Ora: Purpose-led Change
AgResearch social scientist Dr James Turner recently took centre stage at the Revitalise te Taiao seminar held in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington). The seminar hosted guests…
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