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Stay up to date with new evidence and mātauranga Māori from cross-institute, transdisciplinary teams of Aotearoa New Zealand’s best agricultural and environmental scientists, working to future proof farming and improve the vitality of te Taiao.
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Our Land and Water Podcast Series
Our Land and Water introduces insights from eight years of science in this podcast series. In each episode you will hear from the scientists and…
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Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 1: How bad is our water quality, really?
For the past eight years, Our Land and Water has funded research with the goal of improving the health of our rivers and lakes here…
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Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 3: What else can we grow here – and where?
Researchers in Our Land and Water have catalogued a wide range of land-use opportunities for Aotearoa that expand the possibilities you might have previously considered…
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Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 6: We can make progress – but we need to work together
Local community involvement is one of the keys to the long-term health of our rivers and lakes, and communities like catchment groups can play a…
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Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 7: How Māori agribusiness appoaches could lead the way
Māori ways of thinking about land and water offer insights into ways of growing food that are more resilient, healthy and prosperous. In this episode…
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Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 8: How do we feed Kiwi families and communities?
We grow more food than we need in Aotearoa and yet many people are going hungry. So how do we connect production and distribution to…
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Lessons from governing and managing community-led research
The Revitalise Te Taiao programme, a community-led research initiative, aimed to create lasting changes in land use, management, and market focus to regenerate the environment…
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Why Pines? A context for recent research results which appear to support land conversion into pine forestry
Four research programmes funded by the Our Land and Water (Toitū te Whenua, Toiora te Wai) National Science Challenge (OLW) and completed in autumn 2024…
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Adoption of the Tīmata Method for Restoring Native Bush
Over two million native forest plants have been sold and over 8600 hectares planted using the Tīmata Method for establishing ngahere (native bush). This article…