Researcher - Our Land & Water - Toitū te Whenua, Toiora te Wai

Agrivoltaics webinar: Effectively integrating livestock and solar energy production

A webinar addressing the legal and consenting considerations associated with agrivoltaics in Aotearoa New Zealand. The webinar brought together a panel of industry experts including…

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Soil erosion losses and contributions from underlying sources/causes

Regional maps of modelled soil loss from surface erosion across Aotearoa New Zealand are provided in .tif fomat for use in GIS. These large .zip files (use 7-zip or…

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Meeting the Growing Need for Land-Water System Modelling to Assess Land Management Actions

Elevated contaminant levels and hydrological alterations resulting from land use are degrading aquatic ecosystems on a global scale. A range of land management actions may…

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Co-benefits and trade-offs of water quality mitigation measures on greenhouse gas emissions from New Zealand dairy systems

As part of government climate change policy, New Zealand dairy farmers will be encouraged to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through a proposed pricing…

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Predicting facial eczema risks in a changing New Zealand climate

Facial eczema is a major concern for New Zealand farmers due to its economic impact and animal welfare implications. The disease occurs when animals ingest…

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Mana-Centred Local Food System Model

Local food systems need to include more than fruit and vegetable producers. There are different categories of food based on processing and regulations. Our wild…

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Housing and Food Production: Resident and Grower Perceptions of Peri-Urban Food-Production Landscapes

The loss of productive soils and food-producing landscapes on the edges of cities is an increasing issue facing Aotearoa New Zealand. Like many countries globally,…

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Temporal Changes in Cd Sorption and Plant Bioavailability in Compost-Amended Soils

The application of Cd-contaminated phosphate fertiliser has enriched concentrations of this non-essential element in many agricultural soils. Consequently, concentrations of the metal in some agricultural…

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Peri-urban landscapes: Rethinking the land around cities for housing + food production

Slides from a webinar describing research on rethinking the land around cities for housing and food production.

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Examining the effect on sediment loss by differential pricing in the ETS to encourage land use change on highly erodible land

We defined three land use change scenarios on highly erodible land to examine the effect on sediment loss by differential pricing in the New Zealand…

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Economic impacts of mitigation options to reduce suspended sediment loads and improve visual clarity in the Wairoa catchment, Hawke’s Bay

The Wairoa River is significant to the iwi and hapū of Te Rohe o Te Wairoa, and is valued ecologically as well as for recreation…

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Understanding signals influencing on-farm change

We developed a framework to identify external off-farm signals from farmers’ operating environment and internal on-farm signals that provide information about the farming system. We…

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