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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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Pā to Plate

Pā to Plate is a web platform that connects hua (produce and resources) from ancestral lands with Māori who descend from those lands. Producers, growers…
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Summary

Research Findings Brief: Current state of water contaminants compared to bottom lines

This short, plain-language Research Findings Brief is for regional council planners and central government policy analysts. The briefing document summarises research that evaluated the current…
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Presentation

Benign denitrification in the subsurface environment

Our Land and Water Symposium, April 2017
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Journal Article

Indigenous entrepreneurship in Aotearoa New Zealand

This research is a contribution to theory and to indigenous community entrepreneurship in demonstrating what values and behaviours are assistive in confronting shocks, crises and…
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Video

Digital Toolshed: Data Supermarket webinar

This webinar was held at 12:30pm on 31 May 2023. It explains how to use the Data Supermarket platform, which is accessible at landuseopportunities.nz The…
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Guidance

Monitoring macroinvertebrates in rivers

Macroinvertebrates are animals that lack a backbone and, while small, are large enough to be seen with the naked eye. The freshwater environments they inhabit…
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Technical Report

Supporting Land Use Adaptation for a Climate Changed Future

The convergence of water use consent renewals and dairy shed renewals may be a catalyst for land use change in mid-Canterbury around the early 2040s.…
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Journal Article

Silvopastoral agroforestry systems for dryland corners in Canterbury farms

Potential future water constraints on dry areas of Canterbury farms, combined with existing animal welfare requirements, have spurred interest in practices such as agroforestry that…
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Video

Road testing the I2S framework for delivering more fit for purpose science for policy

New Zealand co-conference to International Transdisciplinarity Conference, Germany.
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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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