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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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Guidance
Social Licence to Farm, and ‘Good Farming’: Public Views
This fact sheet explores the public’s perceptions of a social licence to farm and how it relates to ‘good farming’, based on 2023 survey results.…
Video
Connecting communities for effective farm plans – webinar
Land use intensification and the degradation of water quality was enabled by a system that considered all farms separately, despite their cumulative effects on water…
Infographic
The denitrification process
Denitrification is a natural process that reduces the amount of nitrate entering rivers and other freshwater bodies. In some groundwater systems, microorganisms turn nitrate into…
Summary
Measuring real-time nitrogen loss in cropping
Research showed it was possible to measure and reduce nitrogen (N) loss in real-time from a vegetable production paddock in the Hawke’s Bay. How effective…
Interactive Tool
Map of Total Sediment Yield and Reduction Potential
An interactive map shows the total sediment yield and the potential for mitigation strategies to reduce sediment losses from land to water by 2035. The…
Technical Report
Perspectives on ‘regenerative outcomes’ and associated research needs: insights from consultation with participants in four sectors – arable, dairy, sheep & beef, and viticulture
This reports outlines the outcomes and research needed by representatives of four key New Zealand agricultural sectors (dairy, sheep and beef, arable, and viticulture). The…
Summary
Alternative kale feeding
Greenfeed crops can be an important winter feed source, but intensive grazing needs careful management. This project found environmental and management benefits to harvesting kale…
Guidance
Make your stream monitoring data count! A national quality assurance framework for community-based monitoring in Aotearoa New Zealand
This national quality assurance framework will support community and CBM groups to collect freshwater data of a known quality that are ‘fit for purpose’. The…
Guidance
New Zealand’s farmers are trusted, but there’s still work to do
In 2022-2023, a series of research projects by the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge explored New Zealanders sense of connection and trust in…
Where are we conducting our research?
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