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The Value Project: How Can Aotearoa New Zealand Generate Greater Returns from Sustainable Production?

New Zealand is great at producing food. And we're getting better at doing it sustainably. So how can we capture that value and be rewarded…
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On the use of stressor-response relationships in the management of lake eutrophication

Since the 1960s, theoretical and empirical advances in limnology have offered lake managers different approaches to address lake eutrophication problems. The Vollenweider input–output model and…
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Revealing Groundwater's Denitrification Capacity

A new way to measure denitrification in groundwater has been proved, and could make analysing groundwater's denitrification capacity more accessible for regional councils and farmers.…
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Kōura at Taipōrutu, Te Māhia-Mai-Tawhiti

Kōura is an endangered freshwater species that is experiencing an increased national profile. Te Māhia Peninsula landholder Mere Whaanga, with the help of fellow resident…
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Do soil cadmium concentrations decline after phosphate fertilizer application is stopped: A comparison of long-term pasture trials in NZ

Stopping phosphorus (P) fertiliser can decrease topsoil cadmium (Cd) concentrations. Stopping P fertiliser applications reduced soil Cd concentrations after 21 and 26 years. Reductions only…
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Pointing the way: Indicators for a better Aotearoa New Zealand

This report summarises the programme of work undertaken by the Indicators Working Group and offers a few high-level lessons. The key recommendation is that a…
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Assessing research impact potential: Using the transdisciplinary Outcome Spaces Framework with NZ's National Science Challenges

Calls for science to have impact as well as excellence have been loud and clear from research funders, policymakers and research institutions for some time.…
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Examining developed versus emerging economy online food and beverage purchase behaviour and predictors: A survey comparison of Indian, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and United Kingdom consumers

Consumers are increasingly using online shopping for purchasing food and beverage (F&B) products. A challenge to industry stakeholders is understanding which elements of online digital…
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