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A perspective on Te Ao Māori and regenerative agriculture – Tangata ahu whenua: nurturing our landscapes

This report provides an overview on te ao Māori (the Māori worldview) and regenerative agriculture. Although alignment has been suggested by many across all agricultural…
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Consumer Insights and Willingness to Pay for Attributes: Kiwifruit in Shanghai

To achieve greater value in global markets, New Zealand can increase its understanding of our international customers' demands for products from New Zealand's land and…
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Powhiri as a tool for Collaboration

Insight into how all New Zealanders can use the elements of Powhiri as a guide for collaborations, creatively told through film.
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Collective storytelling to improve freshwater ecosystem health through catchment community knowledge sharing

Water, the lifeblood of Aotearoa New Zealand, sustains our identity and wellbeing; nonetheless, freshwater environments (lakes, rivers, wetlands and aquifers) are significantly impacted by humans.…
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Whole-Genome Sequencing and Virulome Analysis of Escherichia coli Isolated from New Zealand Environments of Contrasting Observed Land Use

This study takes a systematic sampling approach to assess the public health risk of Escherichia coli recovered from freshwater sites within forest and farmland. The…
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Capturing premiums for authentic Māori agrifood products: Consumer willingness to pay and authentication processes

This report examines the types of premiums that Māori agrifood producers can get for their products through indigenous branding and environmental credentials generated by the…
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Ka Manawa Piharau tō Ratau: Workshop Summary

At the close of the final Our Land and Water Symposium, our MC, Johny O’Donnell, spoke of the migratory habits of kūaka (godwits). Every year,…
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An event-based model of soil erosion and sediment transport at the catchment scale

Soil conservation over large areas is expensive and needs to be targeted to obtain maximum benefit for the least cost. In this paper, an event-based…
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