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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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Motorways, Wetlands And Kai: Caleb Royal and Kaitiakitanga

Learn more about how a strip of land near the Kāpiti Express motorway is being run sustainably by local Māori who have reclaimed this land…
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Journal Article

Measuring Chinese food consumers’ preferences for sustainability attributes: The case of the Shanghai yoghurt market

This paper reports on the application of a discrete choice experiment survey designed to measure consumer preferences for sustainability attributes in the Shanghai yogurt market.…
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Technical Report

Daffodil production for galanthamine

Galanthamine is a bioactive that has proven effect to reduce the effect of Alzheimer’s. A source of natural galanthamine is from daffodils, but only certain…
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Te Taiao framework in use

Lessons from Our Land and Water

The Our Land and Water National Science Challenge journey to a Tiriti-led science partnership: the lived experience and the lessons learned
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Connecting NZ Food & NZ Farmers to the World

Central Plains Water farmer meeting, December 2018
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Quantifying Excess Nitrogen Loads in Fresh Water

At least 43% of New Zealand’s agricultural land (31% of New Zealand’s total land area) is in catchments that are under pressure (‘pressure’ meaning the…
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Guidance

Monitoring visual water clarity in lakes

Visual water clarity is a measure of the ability of light to travel through water. Visual clarity in lakes may be reduced due to suspended…
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Journal Article

Direct exports of phosphorus from fertilizers applied to grazed pastures in Australasia

The 4R concept was developed to help mitigate P exports. This review investigates the factors affecting P exports soon after the application of mineral fertilizers…
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Technical Report

The impact of policy on sustainable land use options in New Zealand

Do current national and regional policy frameworks discourage (or insufficiently encourage) change at the scale and diversity needed for the Our Land and Water National…
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