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August 30, 2024
Our Land and Water has now ended.
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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How to improve water governance in multifunctional irrigation systems? Balancing stakeholder engagement in hydrosocial territories
An evidence-based analysis of stakeholder engagement in decision-making processes affecting multifunctional irrigation systems. The case studies show how stakeholder engagement in irrigation systems shapes hydrosocial…
Journal Article
Linking the taniwha and dragon: Māori primary exports into China and culturally aligned value chains
Māori primary producers have focused their export attention to China, with many seeking to turn supply chains into value chains. Little attention is paid to…
Technical Report
Sediment traps in hill country
The farmers have been involved in riparian fencing and planting but saw a need to try and reduce the sediment load of water channels that…
Journal Article
Understanding signals influencing on-farm change
We developed a framework to identify external off-farm signals from farmers’ operating environment and internal on-farm signals that provide information about the farming system. We…
Technical Report
The NZ Food and Fibre Sector: A Situational Analysis
The Primary Sector Council commissioned the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) at Lincoln University to prepare this situational analysis that provides a global perspective…
Guidance
Impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine and freshwater fish species
Sediment can affect freshwater and estuarine fish used for mahinga kai. This collection of fact sheets bring together existing scientific information on these effects, along…
Journal Article
Co-production of insights for place-based approaches to revitalise te taiao in Aotearoa New Zealand
Communities across Aotearoa New Zealand are collaborating to reverse ecological decline, but little attention has been given to understanding the deeper relationship required with our…
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Local food systems: Glen Herud of Happy Cow Milk in Christchurch, NZ
Meet NZ food system innovator Glen Herud of Happy Cow Milk Company based in Christchurch, New Zealand. The creator of an on-farm pasteurisation or milk…
Summary
Primary Industry Trade at Risk Unless Assurance is Tightened
Two recently published reports look at the gap between Aotearoa’s assurance schemes for the primary sector and our trade potential. A new report, EU Green Deal:…
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