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Pā to Plate: Indicators of Success

Pā to Plate (P2P) is an aspirational Māori socio-economic enterprise pilot that was established in 2016 in Tai Tokerau (Northland). Over the past five to…
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About Our Land and Water

A video overview of the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge, featuring students from the Pūhoro STEMM Academy. Wai Ora – Healthy Water. Whenua…
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Minimizing phosphorus leaching from a sandy clay loam caused by phosphorus fertilizers

At moderate to high fertilization rates, sandy-textured soils can leach much phosphorus (P) threatening surface water quality. High rates are used to compensate for P…
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Quantifying resilience to drought and flooding in agricultural systems

Soil has physical properties that affect its ability to retain water in periods of drought, and drain water in times of extreme or prolonged rainfall.…
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Agrivoltaics for small ruminants: A review

The mitigation of climate change will require the large-scale uptake of renewable energy generation, in particular wind and solar. Utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PVs), or solar…
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Healthy Estuaries

Assessing the interactions between loadings of different contaminants from freshwaters on the health and functioning of estuaries
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Resilience is a meaningful, measurable trait of communities

Community resilience can be quantified using available data to inform policy decisions. Identifying vulnerable or deprived communities in New Zealand is straightforward because social, cultural…
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Amending soils of different pH to decrease phosphorus losses

In most cases the application of Al, Fe and Ca amendments decreased WEP in proportion to the rates applied. However, poor performance was noted when…
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Collaborative expert judgement analysis of uncertainty associated with catchment-scale nitrogen load modelling with OVERSEER

The widespread view that use of OVERSEER-derived N loss estimates to set catchment-scale nutrient limits is an inappropriate use of this tool needs to be…
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