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Collaboration
These resources are for people who want to collaborate more effectively. They can help local government collaborate with communities; catchment group members collaborate among themselves and with mana whenua; and researchers collaborate across disciplines and with stakeholders.
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Journal Article
Testing indicators of resilience for rural communities
The resilience of rural communities is a concern, both in itself and for its effects on the agricultural sector. This article investigates the possibility of…
Summary
Pointing the way: Indicators for a better Aotearoa New Zealand
This report summarises the programme of work undertaken by the Indicators Working Group and offers a few high-level lessons. The key recommendation is that a…
Presentation
Can the Integration and Implementation Science framework support better research for land and water policy?
New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society Conference, December 2019
Journal Article
Navigating Institutional Challenges: Design to Enable Community Participation in Social Learning for Freshwater Planning
Social learning is a process suited to developing understanding and concerted action to tackle complex resource dilemmas, such as freshwater management. In practice, social learning…
Guidance
Heartland Strong: How Rural New Zealand can Change and Thrive
This book, based on years of research, shows how, and provides useful insights into, the ongoing process of change in rural communities and the resources…
Journal Article
Transferring the impacts of pilot-scale studies to other scales: Understanding the role of non-biophysical factors using field-based irrigation studies
Researchers are challenged to design research that can generate credible claims regarding cross-scale impact and adoption. However, the context in which new knowledge or innovation…
Method
Outcome Spaces Framework
A practical framework to plan for preferred outcomes in transdisciplinary projects. The outcome is a map that compiles the project outcomes expected by the collective…
Journal Article
Preparing interdisciplinary leadership for a sustainable future
Urgent sustainability challenges require effective leadership for inter- and trans-disciplinary (ITD) institutions. Based on the diverse experiences of 20 ITD institutional leaders and specific case…
Guidance
Guide to Vision Mātauranga
The Guide to Vision Mātauranga was developed by the Rauika Māngai, an assembly of senior Māori representatives from across the National Science Challenges, for for…
Journal Article
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…
Guidance
Think ‘Outside the Room’ When Collaborating with Community
Involving small groups of community members in local government decisions doesn’t mean the wider community will trust those decisions. Increasing trust may require engagement with…
Journal Article
System reset – Regenerating the marae economy
What role can marae communities play in a post-COVID-19 lockdown’reset’? This situation report looks at the opportunity of unlocking innovation within marae kin communities through…