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Kaupapa Māori Land and Water Food Stories

The website for the Storying Kaitiakitanga project includes insights from ten thriving Māori agrifood producers have been summarised as seperate short, highly readable stories. These…
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Technical Report

Nguturoa catchment ‘Seeing Understanding Believing’ project

The project focussed on building capability and capacity for change in the farming sector, to assist in creating new pathways towards future landscapes, by identifying…
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Technical Report

Co-Innovation Leads to High-Impact Indicators

This paper was commissioned by the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge to test the hypothesis: ‘Co-innovation leads to high impact indicators.’ The Challenge…
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Journal Article

Denitrification potential in the subsurface environment in the Manawatu River catchment

Understanding the effects of hydrogeological factors on loss, transport and fate of farm nutrients is essential for predicting their impacts on ecosystem health of receiving…
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Journal Article

Designing transdisciplinary projects for collaborative policy-making: The Integration and Implementation Sciences framework as a tool for reflection

Collaborative policy-making has increased in New Zealand, and with it has brought new demands for supporting research. As a tool for reflection of projects where…
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Guidance

Data, Insights, and Tools Directory for Regional Councils

Quick reference guide to datasets, decision-making tools, and information from Our Land and Water, for planners, policy makers and land, water, and ecosystem managers in…
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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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Technical Report

Using an indicator matrix to determine the correlations and relationships between Māori agribusiness drivers

The report outlines an indicator matrix that assists Māori agribusinesses in prioritising their goals to maximise their potential across values. It is based on a…
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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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