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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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Technical Report

Kiwifruit leaf water content detection using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite technology: Final report

The outcomes of this work revealed the spatial and temporal variability of LWC over 6 monitored kiwifruit orchard blocks during a 5-month period. The research…
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Presentation

The next steps for sites with elevated E. coli concentrations above water quality guidelines

Presentation to SWIM special interest group of policy planners and scientists from across 15 regional authorities.
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Video

Physiographics in the Waituna catchment

The Physiographic Environments of New Zealand research project, part of the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge, describes how the physiographics approach has been…
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Video

Farming with the sun: Agrivoltaics from a farming perspective

Listen to an international panel of farmers, who have integrated agrivoltaics into their farming businesses, share their experiences and key learnings. The webinar concludes with…
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Mosaics Vs Monoculture

Mosaic vs Monoculture Landscapes

Testing the land-use ‘mosaic’ hypothesis
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Resilience indicators for rural New Zealand towns: Statistical analysis

The AgResearch Resilient Rural Communities (RRC) programme engaged PwC to conduct analysis of official statistics for rural areas of New Zealand. The analysis extended earlier…
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The Matrix of Drivers 2016: Driving Better Investment and Accelerating Impact Through a Prioritisation Matrix

This report presents the first stage of an overview of international and national drivers which have the potential to affect land use change and/or practice.…
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Method

Tool for relating land use/management to sediment rating curve for the Manawatu catchment

Visual clarity of water is the distance (in metres) through water that objects can be seen. It is variable over time because it depends on…
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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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