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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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Summary
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…
Technical Report
Protein Futures: Future Scenarios for Land-Use in Aotearoa New Zealand Synthesis Report
The Protein Future Scenarios project was designed to provide insight to the potential implications of alternative proteins (including plant-based, fermentation and cellular) for land use…
Journal Article
Assessing the leaching of cadmium in an irrigated and grazed pasture soil
To decrease topsoil cadmium (Cd) concentrations we need to make inputs < outputs. Phosphorus fertiliser is the main input of Cd and leaching the main…
Video
Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 6: We can make progress – but we need to work together
Local community involvement is one of the keys to the long-term health of our rivers and lakes, and communities like catchment groups can play a…
Summary
New test for biological soil health
A quick way to assess the biological health of soil has been developed using molecular techniques to measure earthworm activity, but this needs more work…
Journal Article
Variability of Escherichia coli Concentrations in Rivers during Base-Flow Conditions in NZ
We compared the variability of E. coli concentrations in baseflow of 3 different-sized rivers in both summer and winter at the time scales of minutes,…
Technical Report
Te Tiriti-led and mission-oriented: Assessing Phase 2 of Our Land and Water Toitū te Whenua, Toiora te Wai
We provide evidence to support that deliberately embedding the Te Taiao model helped those involved in OLW, researchers and non-researchers, Māori and non-Māori, conceptualise, legitimise…
Guidance
Land Use Options in Waimakariri
The Whitiwhiti Ora: Land Use Opportunities case study in Waimakariri brought farmers and researchers together to co-design an approach to assessing diverse opportunities when considering…
Technical Report
Indicators in the NZ Sustainability Dashboard: An Overview of their Structure and Application
This report outlines the concept and structure of the New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard (NZSD), describes the NZSD sustainability indicators framework and details how the individual…
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