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August 30, 2024
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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Technical Report
Enabling Te Mana o Te Wai with Cultural Health Assessment Tools
In 2020, Poipoia embarked on research funded by Our Land and Water National Science Challenge with the primary aim of exploring the application of how…
Journal Article
Negotiating social licence to farm at agricultural and pastoral shows in Canterbury, New Zealand
Agricultural and pastoral (A&P) shows have a long history in New Zealand, dating back to the early settler-colonial period. We approach A&P shows as places…
Journal Article
Silvopastoral agroforestry systems for dryland corners in Canterbury farms
Potential future water constraints on dry areas of Canterbury farms, combined with existing animal welfare requirements, have spurred interest in practices such as agroforestry that…
Journal Article
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…
Interactive Tool
LAWA: Actions for Healthy Waterways
The ‘Actions for Healthy Waterways’ topic on the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website presents the land management actions that New Zealanders have taken throughout…
Method
A method to derive nitrogen transport factors for New Zealand’s agricultural lands
Risk index tools have the potential to assist farmers in making strategic decisions regarding their farm design to manage losses of nutrients. Such tools require…
Journal Article
Reducing Uncertainty of Groundwater Redox Condition Predictions at National Scale, for Decision Making and Policy
Understanding hydrogeochemical heterogeneity, associated with natural nitrate attenuation, is an integral part of implementing integrated land and water management on a regional or national scale.…
Journal Article
A risk index tool to minimize the risk of nitrogen loss from land to water
Simple models can help reduce nitrogen (N) loss from land and protect water quality. However, the complexity of primary production systems may impair the accuracy…
Guidance
Data, Insights, and Tools Directory for Regional Councils
Quick reference guide to datasets, decision-making tools, and information from Our Land and Water, for planners, policy makers and land, water, and ecosystem managers in…
Interactive Tool
Indicators of Rural Resilience
The Indicators Working Group produced this proof-of-concept dataset for 4 rural towns in New Zealand, demonstrating the possibility of hosting research data for general access…
Mapping Freshwater Contaminants
A set of research projects collectively mapping freshwater contaminant transport from source to sink
Connecting Soil and Water Quality
Linking soil quality and water quality to low and high N-pressure catchments
This project has produced
