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About Our Land and Water
Our objective, set by Government, is to enhance the production and productivity of New Zealand’s primary sector, while maintaining and improving the quality of the country’s land and water for future generations.
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Our strategy outlines Our Land and Water’s vision of a future in which catchments contain mosaics of land uses that are more resilient, healthy and prosperous than they are today.
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Future Landscapes
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In the future, landscapes will contain mosaics of land use that are more resilient, healthy and prosperous than today.
Assessing Contaminants with Stream Order
Benign Denitrification in Groundwaters
Cascade of Soil Erosion
Connecting Soil and Water Quality
Crop Disease Under Climate Change
Faecal Source Tracking
Healthy Estuaries
Innovative Agricultural Microbiomes
Interoperable Modelling
Land Use for Nutritious Diets
Land Use Opportunities
Land Use Suitability
Linking Legacies to Wai
Mapping Freshwater Contaminants
Measuring Denitrification
Monitoring Freshwater Improvement Actions
Mosaic vs Monoculture Landscapes
Next Generation Systems
Pasture for Humans
Peri-Urban Potential
Phosphorus Best Practice
Physiographic Environments of New Zealand
Pohewa Pae Tawhiti
Protein Future Scenarios
Silvopastoral Systems
Sources and Flows
Whakatupu: Empowering Māori Landowners in Land Use Decisions
Incentives for Change
Ngā Poapoa Panoni
We want to reward New Zealand’s primary producers for producing high-value products in sustainable ways.
Aotearoa Food Cultures
Appropriate Use of Taonga Species
Credence Attributes On Farm
Early Māori Agricultural Entrepreneurship
EU Green Deal: Impact on NZ Exports
Eutrophication Product Footprinting
Impact of Imported Feed Shortages
Incentives for Data Sharing
Indicators Working Group
Integrating Value Chains
Kuaha Matihiko: Digital Gateway
Measuring Full Impacts of Land-Use Change
New Models of Collective Responsibility
Options for Rural Investment
Reasons for Water Quality Improvement
Regenerative Agriculture
Register of Land Management Actions
Rewarding Sustainable Practices
Signals for Land Stewards
The Matrix of Drivers
Workforce Implications of Land-Use Change
The Value Project
We’re exploring how Aotearoa-New Zealand can generate greater returns from sustainable production.
Pathways to Transition
Ngā Ara Whakawhiti
We are growing understanding of what it takes to transition to resilient, healthy and prosperous futures, and are developing tools to help.
Connecting Food Producers and Consumers
Diverse Experiences of Farming
Enhancing Assurance Schemes
Future Scenarios for Arable Agriculture
Implementing Te Mana o Te Wai
Land-Use Scenarios for Nikau Farm
Lessons from Our Land and Water
Mauri Whenua Ora
Next Generation Influencers
Predicting Agricultural Research Adoption
Pūhoro STEMM Academy
Retiring Farmland into Ngahere
Revitalise Te Taiao
Rural Professionals Fund 2020–21
Rural Professionals Fund 2021–22
Rural Professionals Fund 2022–23
Rural Professionals Fund 2023–24
Science in Freshwater Policy Development
Shared Vision for Land Use in Marlborough
Storying Kaitiakitanga
Synthesis Scenarios for Future Land Use
The Collaboration Lab
Trust and Social Licence
Urban-Rural Partnerships for Equal Change
Whenua Life Values
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Fertiliser Association Practice Guidelines Based on Science
October 26, 2023
Rural and Urban Divide a Myth
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Growing Kai Under Increasing Dry
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Connecting communities for effective farm plans
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Bringing people together for diverse land use
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An Overview of Aotearoa’s Land and Water Research
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Pathways to Transition
Integrating Māori Values with Environmental Solutions
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What Does The Overall Portfolio of Land and Water Research in Aotearoa Look Like in 2022?
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Pathways to Transition
Think ‘Outside the Room’ When Collaborating with Community
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National Science Challenges work together to release a Guide to Vision Mātauranga
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Pathways to Transition
Summer Intern Hosting Opportunity, with the Pūhoro STEM Academy
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Opportunity to Join Our Land and Water's Science Leadership Team
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Dr Jenny Webster-Brown to be Director of Our Land and Water
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Pathways to Transition
Science Excellence vs Research Impact: Can Researchers Achieve Both?
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