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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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Journal Article
Collaborative Planning in Response to Policy Failure: The Case of Freshwater Management in Canterbury
This article identifies the factors behind a shift to collaborative planning in regional freshwater management. The case study explores the Canterbury Regional Council's failure to…
Journal Article
Reducing Uncertainty of Groundwater Redox Condition Predictions at National Scale, for Decision Making and Policy
Understanding hydrogeochemical heterogeneity, associated with natural nitrate attenuation, is an integral part of implementing integrated land and water management on a regional or national scale.…
Technical Report
Enhancing mauri of land and water through land-use change
Located in the Waikato, Lake Waikare is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most polluted lakes. The Nikau Farm is a Maaori-owned farm at the southern…
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…
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…
Infographic
Consumer willingness-to-pay is variable
This infographic summarises the various factors that influence the additional premium that consumers in our export markets are willing to pay (WTP) for sustainabiity attributes.
Summary
Alternative protein scenarios – 2-page summary
Scenarios were created to outline the potential outcomes around the future for alternative protein in New Zealand based on expert interview, a literature review, and…
Journal Article
Reductive dissolution of phosphorus associated with iron oxides during saturation in an agricultural soil profile
In soils with a fragipan or poor permeability, water may remain in a soil profile long enough to make it anoxic and reductive. The reductive…
Journal Article
The impact of cattle grazing and treading on soil properties and the transport of phosphorus, sediment and E. coli in surface runoff from grazed pasture
Contaminant loss from grazed pasture can negatively affect freshwater quality. There is, however, little data on the impact of different levels of grazing/treading on contaminant…
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