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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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Video

Using green crops for soil fertility and health

These video resources have been created to make it easier for NZ farmers to use green crops more confidently and effectively. Doing so will improve…
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Guidance

Impacts of sediment on kōaro

This is one of a collection of 11 fact sheets bringing together existing scientific information on the impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine fish…
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Interactive Tool

Bread in New Zealand

Online tool to access and analyse results of a survey of bread consumers in New Zealand about their consumer behaviour, preferences, and country-of-origin preferences
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Technical Report

Biological test of soil health using molecular techniques: Final report

During the feasibility stage of the project, we were able to identify suitable primers for the most common earthworms found within each earthworm ecological group…
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Summary

Next generation key to future of whenua

Case studies of two Māori Land Trusts aim to identify a pathway that will engage a new generation of kaitiaki to protect historically and culturally…
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Guidance

Impacts of sediment on shortjaw kōkopu

This is one of a collection of 11 fact sheets bringing together existing scientific information on the impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine fish…
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Journal Article

Meeting the Growing Need for Land-Water System Modelling to Assess Land Management Actions

Elevated contaminant levels and hydrological alterations resulting from land use are degrading aquatic ecosystems on a global scale. A range of land management actions may…
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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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Journal Article

Projected wine grape cultivar shifts due to climate change in New Zealand

Climate change has already been affecting the regional suitability of grapevines. This has significant implications for New Zealand. We modeled key crop phenological stages to…
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Where are we conducting our research?

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