View Our Strategy Document 2019 – 2024
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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Guidance
Guidance for Catchment Groups to Develop Farm Plans
Printable 4-step plan for catchment groups to develop effective farm plans (PDF, 1 page). To make farm plans an effective tool for improving waterways, we…
Journal Article
Optimizing land use for the delivery of catchment ecosystem services
Despite widespread implementation of best management practices, sustainable farming is neither practical nor possible in certain locations, where protecting water quality and promoting agricultural production…
Journal Article
Changes in soil cadmium concentrations with time following cessation of phosphorus fertilizer inputs
Cadmium (Cd) can accumulate in soil from the application of phosphorus fertilizer. However, there is little information on what happens to soil Cd concentrations when…
Guidance
Te Mana o te Wai Audit Tool
This audit tool has been developed to support councils and mana whenua to work together to assess how both sets of organisations are prepared for…
Journal Article
Growing for good: Producing a healthy, low greenhouse gas and water quality footprint diet in Aotearoa
Food production plays a central role in the health of humanity and our environment. New Zealand produces a large amount of food, but it is…
Summary
Rural and Urban Divide a Myth
There is a public perception in New Zealand of a deep and antagonistic chasm between rural and urban New Zealanders, supported by stories in media…
Summary
Orbiting kiwifruit water meters
Satellites passing overhead could assess water in kiwifruit canopy leaves and help identify when irrigation is needed. As councils tighten up on water allocations, keeping…
Interactive Tool
Taking a look at the big picture
What are the relationships between soil quality and land value, land pressure on catchments, and water quality? Typically, soil quality monitoring has been used to…
Presentation
Connecting NZ Food & NZ Farmers to the World
Central Plains Water farmer meeting, December 2018
Where are we conducting our research?
This interactive map shows the location of all our research projects to help connect you with the research happening in your catchment.
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