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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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Guidance

Monitoring visual water clarity in lakes

Visual water clarity is a measure of the ability of light to travel through water. Visual clarity in lakes may be reduced due to suspended…
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Technical Report

Meeting the Needs of the Assurance Sector: Informing the Kaitiaki Intelligence Platform Design

This report outlines the environmental reporting data sought from Māori Agribusiness Collectives by regulators, industry, and sustainability assurance schemes in general. It identifies the types…
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Journal Article

Dynamics of phosphorus exchange between sediment and water in a gravel-bed river

Phosphorus (P) stores in gravel-bed rivers are released for uptake by periphyton when pH levels exceed 8.5. The Tukituki River has low alkalinity water and…
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Journal Article

Interpreting nesting storm event suspended sediment discharge hysteresis relationships at large catchment scales

Reducing soil erosion and sediment delivery into rivers is a major aim for land management in New Zealand. Therefore, it is important to identify areas…
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Video

Winning the Green Premium: Red Meat Sector webinar

Red meat consumers are demanding ever-greater sustainability in their food choices. That comes with a financial cost. How can producers earn more to cover these…
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Interactive Tool

Our Environment: Crop Suitability

Our Environment is a web-based tool that makes environmental information available to users. It has a simplified GIS interface to allow users to spatially explore…
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Shared Vision Marlborough

Shared Vision for Land Use in Marlborough

Place-based diversification: How can we develop pathways to transition to diversified shared landscapes?
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Technical Report

Case Study: Nga Iwi o te Tauihu

This is one of four mana whenua case studies that provide insights about addressing barriers and challenges they have experienced in freshwater management that could…
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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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