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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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Introducing The Value Chain Compass
New research has revealed how New Zealand producers are creating higher returns from sustainably produced primary products. In some cases that premium is perceived to…
Video
Science for Policy – The Regulatory Process
This webinar describes the results of an in-depth study into the role that science played in the development of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater…
Rural Professionals Fund 2021–22
There were 12 successful projects in the second funding round for the Our Land and Water Rural Professionals Fund.
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Mana-Centred Local Food System Model
Local food systems need to include more than fruit and vegetable producers. There are different categories of food based on processing and regulations. Our wild…
Guidance
Towards a Physiographic Map: Information for Regional Councils
Physiographic Environments of New Zealand research is developing a cost-effective technique to measure and map (as an integrated physiographic layer) how features of the natural…
Technical Report
Legumes for Our Land and Water
Using deferred grazing technology to increase the legume content of hill country pastures. Deferred grazing, which involves grazing exclusion from late spring until after seed-fall…
Technical Report
Regenerative principles applied in New Zealand
This report summarises and describes 11 principles drawn from multiple focus groups with NZ farmers and growers. Some principles are focused on encouraging farm practices…
Technical Report
Farm Certification Scheme Survey, 2022
This survey followed up a baseline survey to measure KPIs for the OLW Challenge – specifically, measuring participation in farm certification schemes. The data tables…
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Editable diagrams and icons
This editable PowerPoint pack of diagrams and Te Taiao focused icons was originally created for Our Land and Water researchers but can be used by…
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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