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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
Catchment And Community Environment Groups In Aotearoa New Zealand: Goals, Activities And Needs
The Ministry for the Environment contracted the Cawthron Institute to survey catchment and community environment groups about how they are organised, what they are doing,…
Video
Drought: Farm Profits and Community Resilience
This webinar looked at the strong relationship between more intense future drought and drops in farm profit, and how we might identify vulnerable rural communities…
Interactive Tool
Find Data platform
Find Data provides fast and efficient access to vital information on land and water data, tailored to serve the diverse needs of its users. Currently…
Science in Freshwater Policy Development
A case study of the role science played in the development of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
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Technical Report
The Power of the Current Monitoring Network to Detect Nitrate Reductions in the Selwyn-Waihora Zone
Plan Change 1 (PC1) of the Canterbury Land andWater Regional Plan included requirements for farmers in the Selwyn-Waihora catchment to reduce nitrate discharges to groundwater…
Sources and Flows
Managing contaminant pathways and attenuation to create headroom for productive land use.
Technical Report
Better Wintering – West Coast
The West Coast wintering project’s goal was to provide West Coast farmers with specific information on the range of applicable wintering system options alongside considerations…
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…
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