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Resources for
Regional Authorities
Paul Sutherland
People in local government can help farms operate in ways that ensure the health of our land and water. Our resources can help you increase your local community’s understanding of the drivers for regulation, undertake effective collaboration, and improve decision-making in catchments.
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Journal Article
Collaborative Planning in Response to Policy Failure: The Case of Freshwater Management in Canterbury
This article identifies the factors behind a shift to collaborative planning in regional freshwater management. The case study explores the Canterbury Regional Council’s failure to…
Technical Report
Evaluation of geospatial datasets and recognition of landscape gradients specific to water quality
This study evaluates the landscape relationships and suitability of existing geospatial datasets for the purposes of mapping physiographic water quality units for the Northland region.…
Presentation
Examining co-production and the role of brokers within NZ’s ‘science advisory ecosystem’
A crisis in expertise: Legitimacy and the challenge of policymaking conference, Melbourne. February 2018 | Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), September 2018
Technical Report
Integrated landscape mapping of water quality controls for farm planning – applying a physiographic approach to the Waituna Catchment, Southland
Living Water (a Fonterra and Department of Conservation partnership) commissioned a high-resolution physiographic assessment of the Waituna Catchment, Southland, to support water quality and biodiversity…
Technical Report
Evaluation of the physiographic method for the Tasman Region
The work undertaken in this project provides Tasman District Council with a foundation for which the physiographic approach can be applied within the region. The…
Technical Report
Advice for application of the physiographic method to the West Coast Region
Land and Water Science Ltd. was contracted to provide services to West Coast Regional Council through an Envirolink Small Advice Grant. The aim of the…
Technical Report
SedNetNZ, SLUI and contaminant generation. Part 1: Sediment and water clarity
Horizons Regional Council asked Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research to document the use of SedNetNZ in the Horizons region; update the assessment of the impact…
Guidance
Towards a Physiographic Map: Information for Regional Councils
Physiographic Environments of New Zealand research is developing a cost-effective technique to measure and map (as an integrated physiographic layer) how features of the natural…
Technical Report
Application of Physiographic Science to the Northland Region: Preliminary Hydrological and Redox Process-Attribute Layers
Water quality outcomes can vary spatially across the landscape, even when there are similar land use pressures. These differences are often the result of natural…
Technical Report
SedNetNZ, SLUI and contaminant generation. Part 2: Nitrogen, phosphorus and E. coli
Horizons Regional Council (HRC) requested Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research (MWLR) to update SedNetNZ for the HRC region and use the results to assess the…
Journal Article
Variability of Escherichia coli Concentrations in Rivers during Base-Flow Conditions in NZ
We compared the variability of E. coli concentrations in baseflow of 3 different-sized rivers in both summer and winter at the time scales of minutes,…
Presentation
Sink or swim: A radical overhaul to water policy-making approach in NZ: A case study of lake Te Waihora
4th International water resources and wetlands conference, Tulcea, September 2018