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Does collaborative governance increase public confidence in water management? Survey evidence from NZ

Collaborative decision-making is widely understood as a democratic corrective to top-down forms of environmental management; it is a way in which citizens can contribute local…
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Collaboration as an emergent property

Presentation at the New Zealand co-conference to International Transdisciplinarity Conference, Germany.
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Measuring rural community resilience: Case studies in NZ and Vermont, USA

Methods for assessing community resilience have focused predominantly on disaster recovery. There is a need for quantitative measurement tools for assessing community resilience to slow-moving…
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Awanui Huka Pak: Producing Kai in the Footprints of Our Forebears

Read about the largest Māori kiwifruit entity operating in Aotearoa, Awanui Huka Pak. Featuring the kōrero of Te Awanui Huka Pak chairperson, Ratahi Cross, we…
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The effectiveness of streambank fencing to improve microbial water quality: a review

This literature review collates published data on the effectiveness of fencing stock out of waterways to reduce faecal indicator bacteria concentrations in streams. Eighteen suitable…
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Creating a Diverse and Sustainable Dairy Farming and Forestry Landscape (video)

This short video features Graham Smith, a Waikato dairy farmer whose farm played host to one of last year’s Rural Professionals Fund Projects. The project…
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Integrating horticultural and arable land use options into hill country farming systems: The multi-criteria decision-making process

The ‘Integrating Horticultural and Arable Land Use Options into Hill Country Farm Systems’ research project aims to develop a process and tools for crop identification…
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The implications of lag times between nitrate leaching losses and riverine loads for water quality policy

Understanding the lag time between land management and impacts on riverine nitrate–nitrogen (N) loads is critical to understand when action to mitigate nitrate–N leaching losses…
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Agrivoltaics: Integrating Solar Energy Generation with Livestock Farming in the Canterbury Region of Aotearoa New Zealand (pre-print)

Agrivoltaics is the integration of agriculture and solar energy production and seeks to find synergies between the two to create a complementary system. With increased…
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