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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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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…
Technical Report
Kia Whakatōmuri te Haere Whakamua: Reimagining primary production based on traditional models of the past
This research paper identifies and discusses the key differences and commonalites of Pākehā and Māori societal structure, governance and cultural motivation, Western agricultural systems and…
Video
Local food systems: Carlos Bagrie of Royalburn Station, Queenstown, NZ
Meet NZ food system innovator Carlos Bagrie, owner and farmer of Royalburn Station in Queenstown, New Zealand. Here they have their own on-farm micro/mobile abattoir…
Journal Article
The effect of irrigation and urine application on phosphorus losses to subsurface flow from a stony soil
Factors such as irrigation and soil pH can increase the solubility of P and its loss to water. Urine patches are known to alter pH…
Technical Report
Relevance of the One World, One Health framework to farming in Aotearoa NZ – a perspective piece
This report is a perspective piece that suggests one possible approach for monitoring and assurance of regenerative agriculture in New Zealand. The approach is based…
Journal Article
Māori Agribusinesses – The Whakapapa Network for Success
Reviews of Māori land generally focus on how the 80% identified as'under-performing' or'under-utilised' can be more productive. This article analyses the 20% of Māori Land…
Technical Report
Essential freshwater: Impact of existing periphyton and proposed dissolved inorganic nitrogen bottom lines
This report for the Ministry for the Environment applies methods developed in the LUS research programme to help resource management professionals understand the implications of…
Technical Report
Terrestrial macrofauna invertebrates as indicators of agricultural impacts
This report examines how invertebrates like spiders and worms can be counted to evaluate the impact of regenerative farming practices. Farms have vastly more insects,…
Video
Scale // The Value Chain Compass
In the research programme’s case studies of emerging value chains, scale was one of the key decisions that had to be made by the chain…
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