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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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The Collaboration Lab: The transformative role of collaboration in managing our land and water

The Collaboration Lab has four aims: three research aims and a capacity-building aim. The research aims are: to understand how collaborative practice contributes to multiple…
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Timothy Firkin, videographer, films Alison Dewes, lead of the project Retiring Farmland Ngahere

Retiring Farmland into Ngahere

Restoring Aotearoa together: Triple the area, at one-third the cost
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Our Land and Water National Science Challenge Lifetime Narrative

The Our Land and Water (Toitū te Whenua, Toiora te Wai) National Science Challenge (OLW) has worked towards an agri-food and -fibre system that enhances…
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Integrated landscape mapping of water quality controls for farm planning – applying a physiographic approach to the Waituna Catchment, Southland

Living Water (a Fonterra and Department of Conservation partnership) commissioned a high-resolution physiographic assessment of the Waituna Catchment, Southland, to support water quality and biodiversity…
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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…
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Total soil cadmium concentrations in the Winchmore long-term phosphorus fertiliser trial are still increasing

Reliable data on the rate of cadmium (Cd) accumulation in soils that receive phosphorus (P) fertiliser is vital to help manage the impact of Cd…
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Outcome Spaces Framework

A practical framework to plan for preferred outcomes in transdisciplinary projects. The outcome is a map that compiles the project outcomes expected by the collective…
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