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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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Presentation

Land use pressure, soil quality and links with land value

Pressures associated with agricultural land intensification can be a precursor to changes in soil quality measurements. These pressures include more intensive land use, nutrient application,…
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Interactive Tool

SWIFT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Impact and Feasibility Tool

SWIFT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Impact and Feasibility Tool) is designed to support discussions that enable collective action groups (CAGs) to tackle complex environmental challenges. SWIFT can…
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Guidance

Impacts of sediment on kanae grey mullet

This is one of a collection of 11 fact sheets bringing together existing scientific information on the impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine fish…
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Connecting Food Producers Andconsumer

Connecting Food Producers & Consumers

Navigating social licence to operate between farmers, agribusinesses, consumers, and citizens in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Video

History and impacts of Wai 262 – webinar

We all need to understand the origins, history and impacts of the Wai 262 Waitangi Tribunal claim on individuals and whanau, so that we can…
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Journal Article

Linking the uptake of best management practices on dairy farms to catchment water quality improvement over a 20-year period

Intensive land use, such as dairying, can impair water quality. Although many guidelines exist on how to mitigate the loss of dairy-associated contaminants from land…
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Method

A method to derive nitrogen transport factors for New Zealand’s agricultural lands

Risk index tools have the potential to assist farmers in making strategic decisions regarding their farm design to manage losses of nutrients. Such tools require…
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Video

Regenerative Agriculture: Measuring What Works, Where It Matters

The 5th webinar in a series of 5 about regenerative agriculture in New Zealand, held on 23 November 2021. Speakers: Mike Taitoko (Toha Foundry), Dr…
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