View Our Strategy Document 2019 – 2024
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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Technical Report
Stocktake of Indicator Projects
This ‘stocktake' report identifies and describes 28 projects or programmes that were involved in assembling indicators about agriculture and the environment. Some of these focus…
Technical Report
Effects of climate change and erosion mitigation on suspended sediment loads and visual clarity in the Wairoa catchment, Hawke's Bay
The Wairoa River is significant to the iwi and hapū of Te Rohe o Te Wairoa. An important threat to the health of the river…
Journal Article
Agrivoltaics: Integrating Solar Energy Generation with Livestock Farming in the Canterbury Region of Aotearoa New Zealand (pre-print)
Agrivoltaics is the integration of agriculture and solar energy production and seeks to find synergies between the two to create a complementary system. With increased…
Guidance
New Zealand’s farmers are trusted, but there’s still work to do
In 2022-2023, a series of research projects by the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge explored New Zealanders sense of connection and trust in…
Video
Winning the Green Premium: Horticulture Sector webinar
Consumers are demanding ever-greater sustainability in their food choices. That comes with a financial cost. How can producers earn more to cover these new costs?…
Presentation
Science to policy and back again: compliant land use practices still cause P leaching
NZ Freshwater Sciences Conference – December 2018
Summary
Te Mana o te Wai Factsheet 5: Monitoring and Enforcement
The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide an introduction to Te Mana o Te Wai, its relationship to the National Objectives Framework, and…
Journal Article
Linking land value to indicators of soil quality and land use pressure
Soil quality is used to assess the soil’s ability to maintain ecological and environmental quality as well as agricultural productivity. A unique indicator associated with…
Infographic
Summary: Can Regen Ag Increase Resilience to Drought?
This one-page summary describes considerations for choosing indicators of resilience and study sites, and a recommended approach for quantifying resilience to drought and flooding in…
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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