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August 30, 2024
Our Land and Water has now ended.
Our mission was to preserve the most fundamental treasures of Aotearoa – its land and water – while producing value from those same treasures.
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Journal Article
Perceptions of the ‘good farmer’ and social licence to operate in Aotearoa New Zealand
Over the past 50 years, farming practices and public perceptions of farming in Aotearoa New Zealand have changed substantially. These changes raise questions over the…
Monitoring Freshwater Improvement Actions
Monitoring the effectiveness of interventions and mitigation actions on freshwater improvement. For full information see the programme website
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Journal Article
Contrasting subsurface denitrification characteristics under temperate pasture lands and its implications for nutrient management in agricultural catchments
Subsurface denitrification plays a key role in the reduction or ‘attenuation' of nitrate contamination of groundwater and surface waters. We investigated subsurface denitrification characteristics at…
Presentation
Rewarding Sustainable Practices: Introducing the Value Chain Compass
Researchers from the Agribusiness & Economic Research Unit (AERU) were asked by Our Land & Water to investigate the role of value chains in rewarding…
Guidance
A Wai 262 Best Practice Guide for Science partnerships with Kaitiaki for Research Involving Taonga
This guide is to help scientists and researchers ensure they are informed and understand the complexities of the Wai 262 claim. This resource can help…
Technical Report
Barriers to Environmental Change
Farming in New Zealand is changing. The environmental impacts of farming are presenting more interlinked challenges. The pressure is on farmers to shift from the…
Summary
Project Summary: Facilitating Farmer Economic Understanding of Alternative Land Uses
This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to investigate the challenges faced by landowners when they seek to diversify…
Summary
Regenerative agriculture – opening up the wallet
Regenerative agriculture has potential as a selling point for our export markets, but how do the numbers stack up for farmers? This article summarises the…
Journal Article
The effectiveness of streambank fencing to improve microbial water quality: a review
This literature review collates published data on the effectiveness of fencing stock out of waterways to reduce faecal indicator bacteria concentrations in streams. Eighteen suitable…
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