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Managing diffuse phosphorus at the source versus at the sink

Judicious phosphorus (P) management is a global grand challenge and critical to achieving water quality objectives while maintaining food production. The management of point sources…
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Quantifying contaminant losses to water from pastoral land uses in NZ I: Development of a spatial framework for assessing losses at a farm scale

Assessing the effectiveness of mitigation measures for reducing contaminant losses to water from pastoral farming systems is a challenging task. Two important factors that contribute…
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The health of cultural values and mahinga kai in the Te Wairoa Hōpūpū Hōnengenenge Mātangirau, Wairoa river catchment and the impacts of sediment

Te Wairoa Hōpūpū Hōnengenenge Mātangirau (Wairoa River) and its tributaries are significant to the iwi and hapū of Te Rohe o Te Wairoa in Wairoa,…
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Mitigation of phosphorus, sediment and Escherichia coli losses in runoff from a dairy farm roadway

Dairy cow deposits on farm roadways are a potential source of contaminants entering streams. Phosphorus (P), suspended sediment (SS) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) loads…
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Land Use Suitability Programme

Our Land and Water Symposium, April 2017
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Knowledge, mātauranga and science: reflective learning from the interface

This essay offers reflective learning on how researchers in the Western science tradition connect to bodies of knowledge created and held outside that tradition. It…
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Credence Attributes On Farm

What are the on-farm impacts of changing food production systems to deliver additional attributes that are meaningful and valuable to consumers?
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A risk assessment approach for prioritising actions in farm environment plans with mahinga kai values

The project co-developed and produced a geospatial tool that is available through a webpage. The beta tool allows users (initially dairy farmers) to identify and…
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Interoperable Modelling – spatial economic optimisation

In this report we describe the application of the spatial modelling and optimisation framework LUMASS as a spatial optimisation tool in the Interoperable Modelling Project.…
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