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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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Peri-Urban Potential
How can landscapes for both people and production prosper within peri-urban Aotearoa through innovative spatial design, reconnecting New Zealanders with whenua and food?
This project has produced
Journal Article
Potential groundwater recharge zones across New Zealand
Knowledge of groundwater recharge potential is required for sustainable groundwater management, including the assessment of vulnerability to contamination. This study maps (at 500m x 500m…
Technical Report
Creating a diverse and sustainable dairy farming and forestry landscape
Analysis of the results and discussion indicates that our hypothesis did not eventuate. There was not the increase in pasture production in the ‘shade' environment…
Technical Report
eDNA as a holistic measure of pastoral landscape effects on taonga species
Freshwater quality is measured with key indicators such as faecal indicator bacteria (E. coli), nitrates and phosphates. For communities, such indicators are vague and somewhat…
Journal Article
Challenges and opportunities for land use transformation: Insights from the Central Plains Water Scheme in NZ
This paper considers the factors that are important to land managers in determining whether to change their land use system when the development of an…
Summary
Is regen ag the silver bullet for farming woes?
Regenerative Agriculture has been proposed as a solution not only for transforming on-farm processes, but as a driver of change for the global food system,…
Guidance
Applying phosphorus fertiliser
Applying the right P fertiliser in the right places at the right time and rate can reduce losses. This factsheet is primarily for farmers, including…
Technical Report
The Matrix of Drivers: 2019 Update
This 2019 report identifies key trends and challenges with potential to impact land use in New Zealand, prioritised by primary sector leaders, with open access…
Technical Report
Optimising on-farm nitrogen management in the face of regulated fertiliser input
The key purpose of this project was to investigate how farmers had responded to the regulatory capping of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser at a maximum of…
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