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Guidance

Monitoring total nitrogen in lakes

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for the growth of plants and algae. Whilst nitrogen is present naturally in lakes, concentrations may be elevated due to…
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Journal Article

Reducing Uncertainty of Groundwater Redox Condition Predictions at National Scale, for Decision Making and Policy

Understanding hydrogeochemical heterogeneity, associated with natural nitrate attenuation, is an integral part of implementing integrated land and water management on a regional or national scale.…
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Technical Report

An introduction and guide to the ‘alternative agricultures': an enquiry into values

This report provides a short history of ‘alternative agricultures' to show where regenerative agriculture has emerged from – and tackles the interesting question of whether…
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Technical Report

Interoperable Models for Land and Water: Framework selection and preliminary design (consultation draft)

Key objectives for this research include providing a nationally applicable system of models, in an open source interoperability framework, which draws on national datasets where…
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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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Journal Article

Projected wine grape cultivar shifts due to climate change in New Zealand

Climate change has already been affecting the regional suitability of grapevines. This has significant implications for New Zealand. We modeled key crop phenological stages to…
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Guidance

Te Mana o te Wai Training Programme for Regional Councils

The Te Mana o Te Wai Training Programme has been developed as a minimum training standard for those with statutory roles within, or proximate to,…
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Technical Report

Evaluation of Cow Collar Technology

Cow collars, including ear tags and boluses and tags with similar functions, are recent technologies which provide cow health and reproductive monitoring to improve livestock…
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