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Technical Report

Resilience indicators for rural New Zealand towns: Statistical analysis

The AgResearch Resilient Rural Communities (RRC) programme engaged PwC to conduct analysis of official statistics for rural areas of New Zealand. The analysis extended earlier…
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Summary

Te Mana o te Wai Factsheet 5: Monitoring and Enforcement

The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide an introduction to Te Mana o Te Wai, its relationship to the National Objectives Framework, and…
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Technical Report

Quantifying catchment and community-based stream monitoring in Aotearoa New Zealand

This preliminary project to quantify freshwater community-based monitoring (CBM) efforts in Aotearoa New Zealand has identified that a wide range of monitoring is being carried…
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Journal Article

Implications of water quality policy on land use: A case study of the approach in NZ

Achieving good water quality through output controls is difficult. The New Zealand Government recently proposed enforceable bottom lines to protect ecosystem health of 1 mg…
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Guidance

Engaging with Agribusiness

The aim of this report is to help researchers amplify their research impact and increase knowledge uptake by businesses, industry bodies and Māori enterprise, via…
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Technical Report

Native biodiversity and regenerative agriculture in New Zealand

Five farming practices are highly likely to increase native bird abundance and native vegetation in New Zealand, finds this report. The five key practices for…
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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
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Mātauranga Māori Wānanga Overview Report

Che Wilson convened wānanga gathering whānau from around the motu to create a space to discuss and further extend our understanding of the whakapapa and…
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Implications of global price and supply of supplementary feeds on the New Zealand agricultural sector

This report outlines some of the complexities of the global grain and PKE markets and the associated risks with being very reliant on IPF. It…
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