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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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Technical Report
Whakapapakainga: A template of cross-generational development for marae-communities
Through case study research in Northland, New Zealand, this thesis investigates the future of papakainga (kin-community settlements) and their marae (ancestral centres of tribal identity).…
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Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) for Land Use Diversification tool
This Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) tool was tested in a project with farmers in the Upper Taieri Wai catchment group, which identified alternative land uses…
Summary
Creating Value for New Zealand Agri-food Exports: Moving from supply chains to value chains
This Research Briefing presents results of research that identifies nine key elements of successful agri-food value chains from New Zealand. The research team worked with…
Technical Report
Bridging whenua enhancement plans with the next generation of Kaitiaki
In this research project funded by Our Land and Water, we worked with two case-study incorporations located in Otago, New Zealand to explore the barriers…
Healthy Estuaries
Assessing the interactions between loadings of different contaminants from freshwaters on the health and functioning of estuaries
This project has produced
Journal Article
Phosphorus applications adjusted to optimal crop yields can help sustain global phosphorus reserves
With the longevity of phosphorus reserves uncertain, distributing phosphorus to meet food production needs is a global challenge. Here we match plant-available soil Olsen phosphorus…
Presentation
Next Generation Farming Systems -Transformation by Design
Poster presentation displayed at the Land Use and Water Quality Agriculture and the Environment, June 2019, Denmark
Journal Article
Quantifying contaminant losses to water from pastoral land uses in NZ I: Development of a spatial framework for assessing losses at a farm scale
Assessing the effectiveness of mitigation measures for reducing contaminant losses to water from pastoral farming systems is a challenging task. Two important factors that contribute…
Technical Report
Indicators in the NZ Sustainability Dashboard: An Overview of their Structure and Application
This report outlines the concept and structure of the New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard (NZSD), describes the NZSD sustainability indicators framework and details how the individual…
Where are we conducting our research?
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