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The Duke of Edinburgh (third from left) observes border dyke irrigation at the Winchmore Research Station Irrigation Scheme. In a border dyke irrigation system, when water is diverted from the main water races into smaller ones, a temporary dam must be created at the outlet to each border, so the water spills through onto pasture. In this image the outlet behind the worker in the water has been closed with a board, the pasture on the right of it has been flattened by the previous flow of water. The worker is lifting a corner of the canvas dam to allow water to flow down to the next temporary dam.

Linking Legacies to Wai

Accounting for lag times and natural concentrations of contaminants in groundwater
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Journal Article

Reshaping a farming culture through participatory extension: An institutional logics perspective

Participatory extension programmes influenced practices, beliefs and values underlying the learning logic (changing from a ‘linear’ to ‘multi-actor’ logic) and thus can help facilitate more…
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Guidance

Business Case Template for Establishing a Hapū Iwi Taiao Unit

This template Business Case is intended to support Iwi and Hapu who are grappling with how they can build or extend their Taiao functionality within…
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Summary

Project Summary: Seeing, Understanding, Believing: A Farmer-Led Project into Waterway Improvement

This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to package practical methods for farmers to self-monitor waterway condition and ecological…
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Infographic

Enabling Collaborative Practice: Key Variables for Design, Evaluation or Trouble Shooting Collaborative Practice

This 2-page PDF is suitable for practitioners and decision-makers to print and use. It describes the conditions, capabilities and capacities that influence the success of…
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Video

Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 5: How do we pay for change?

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Presentation

Variability of E. coli in rivers during base-flow conditions

Water Microbiology Conference, May 2018 | NZ Freshwater Sciences Society Annual Conference, December 2018
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Interactive Tool

Integrated Impact Assessment Framework (updated March 2024)

The purpose of this integrated impact assessment (IIA) framework is to allow exploration of scenarios where land use is changing for a specified region of…
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