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August 30, 2024
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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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Connecting Soil and Water Quality
Linking soil quality and water quality to low and high N-pressure catchments
This project has produced
Technical Report
Shifting from land-use capability to land-use suitability
The LUS classification system will be based on concatenation of three categories: land-use potential, contribution to catchment contaminant delivery, and pressure in receiving environments (Fig.…
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Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 1: How bad is our water quality, really?
For the past eight years, Our Land and Water has funded research with the goal of improving the health of our rivers and lakes here…
Journal Article
Climate change impacts on erosion and suspended sediment loads in New Zealand
• Modelling climate change impacts on national erosion and sediment loads is challenging. • Framework for estimating future load contributions from predominant erosion sources presented…
Guidance
Impacts of sediment on pātiki mohoao – black flounder
This is one of a collection of 11 fact sheets bringing together existing scientific information on the impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine fish…
Rural Professionals Fund 2022–23
There were 12 successful projects in the third funding round for the Our Land and Water Rural Professionals Fund.
Infographic
Stressor-Response Framework
Illustrating the relationship between land use, stressor type, stressor level and impacts
Technical Report
Six ‘Star’ Grain and Legume Crops for NZ Farmers: Specialty Grains and Pulses Report
The Specialty Grains & Pulses Report identifies opportunities to expand the grain and pulse crops grown in New Zealand. The research team identified six crops…
Journal Article
The effect of soil moisture extremes on the pathways and forms of phosphorus lost in runoff from two contrasting soil types
Soil moisture and Olsen P concentrations play an important role in phosphorus (P) losses in runoff. Our hypotheses were as follows: (1) rainfall applied to…
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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