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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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Transformation Is ‘Experienced, Not Delivered': Insights from Grounding the Discourse in Practice to Inform Policy and Theory
Calls for transformation, transformative research, and transformational impact are increasingly heard from governments, industry and universities to set a course towards sustainability. This paper contributes…
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The implications of lag times between nitrate leaching losses and riverine loads for water quality policy
Understanding the lag time between land management and impacts on riverine nitrate–nitrogen (N) loads is critical to understand when action to mitigate nitrate–N leaching losses…
Technical Report
A review of New Zealand's commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
This think piece highlights an opportunity for New Zealand's National Science Challenges (NSCs) to make a distinctive and lasting contribution to the UN Sustainable Development…
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Wine (sauvignon blanc) in California, USA
Online tool to access and analyse results of a survey of wine consumers in California about their consumer behaviour, preferences, technology use, understanding of Māori…
Technical Report
Orchard soil characterisation
This study aimed to explore the role of different soil properties in relation to avocado orchard yield. Data from this study will also be incorporated…
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Geography Matters for Small Advanced Economies: Implications for Economic Strategy
New Zealand is a small advanced economy in the South Pacific Ocean. Policy advisors often compare New Zealand's economic performance with those of other successful…
Ngā Tai-o-Rongo
Revitalising ancestral knowledge systems to provide a pathway for Māori landowners to work with the environment, rather than on the environment.
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‘Summer safe' crops
We need ‘summer safe’ crops because increasing droughts and changing rainfall patterns mean pasture is no longer a reliable feed source in late summer to…
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Long-term atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment decreases soil phosphorus availability in a grazed temperate pasture
Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (eCO2) associated with climate change increases plant production and soil nutrient transformations. However, changes in soil phosphorus (P) availability and dynamics…
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