Policy Briefing & Guidance Papers

Insights for government, councils and industry.

Policy Briefing Papers

Policy Brief 1: Building mana whenua partnerships for urban design

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Shaun Awatere
Policy Brief 2: Evaluating a collaborative process

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Nick Cradock-Henry
Policy Brief 3: Principles to underpin freshwater decision-making

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Oshadhi Samarasinghe, Suzie Greenhalgh, Mary-Anne Baker, Nick Zaman, Tim Sharp, Justine Young, Andrew Parrish, Barry Gilliland, Jim Sinner and Andrew Fenemor
Policy Brief 4: Setting up a collaborative process: stakeholder participation

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Nick Cradock-Henry, Natasha Berkett and Margaret Kilvington
Policy Brief 5: Understanding conflict over freshwater values in a regional plan

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Jim Sinner and Marc Tadaki
Policy Brief 6: Using economic modelling to inform limit setting processes for freshwater resources

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Suzie Greenhalgh, Adam Daigneault and Oshadhi Samarasinghe
Policy Brief 7: Using mātauranga Māori to inform freshwater management

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Garth Harmsworth, Shaun Awatere, Craig Pauling
Policy Brief 8: Collaborative processes and the roles of the council

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Natasha Berkett and Jim Sinner, Cawthron Institute
Policy Brief 9: Structured decision making for collaborative planning

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Jim Sinner, Suzie Greenhalgh, Natasha Berkett, and Tim Sharp
Policy Brief 10 Māori Involvement in Collaborative Freshwater Planning: insights from Hawkes Bay

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Jim Sinner, Garth Harmsworth.
Policy Brief 11: Designing Policy to Change the use of Natural Resources

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Geoff Kaine and Wendy Boyce
Policy Brief 12: Sharing the Pie: The dilemma of allocating nutrient leaching between sources

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Suzie Greenhalgh, Adam Daigneault and Oshadhi Samarasinghe
Technical Documentation - Policy Brief 12: Sharing the Pie: The dilemma of allocating nutrient leaching between sources

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Adam Daigneault, Suzie Greenhalgh, Oshadhi Samarasinghe
Policy Brief 13: Protecting the Urban Forest

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Marie A Brown, Environmental Defence Society; Robyn Simcock and Suzie Greenhalgh, Landcare Research
Technical Document — Policy Brief 13: Effectiveness of protecting urban vegetation: assessing vegetation cover changes with urban expansion and intensification Technical Document for Protecting the Urban Forest

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Marie A Brown, Environmental Defence Society; Robyn Simcock and Suzie Greenhalgh, Landcare Research
Policy Brief 14: Māori Values and Perspectives to Inform Collaborative Processes and Planning for Freshwater Management

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Garth Harmsworth, Shaun Awatere and Mahuru Robb, Landcare Research
Poilcy Brief 15: Restoring Riparian Margins

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Florian Eppink, Adam Daigneault, Suzie Greenhalgh and William Lee
Policy Brief 16: Winter grazing practices of dairy farmers across New Zealand

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Oshadhi Samarasinghe and Pike Brown
Policy Brief 17: Survey of Rural Decision Makers: understanding decision makers in primary industry

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Philip Brown, William Wright, Mario Fernandez, Josh Dawson, Simon Roper, and Thomas Robertson
Policy Brief 18: Planning for tipping points and enhancing resilience in production landscapes

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Johanna Yletyinen & Jason Tylianakis, University of Canterbury; Pike Brown & Roger Pech, Landcare Research
Policy Brief 19: Wai Ora Wai Māori – a kaupapa Māori assessment tool

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Shaun Awatere, Mahuru Robb, Yvonne Taura, Kiri Reihana, Garth Harmsworth, John Te Maru, Erina Watene-Rawiri
Policy Brief 20: Riding the Wave: Reflections on the evolution of freshwater management in New Zealand

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Jim Sinner (Cawthron) et al.
Policy Brief 22: Applying Adaptation Pathways

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Nick Cradock-Henry (Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research), Paula Blackett (NIWA), Madeline Hall (Hawke’s Bay Regional Council), Paul Johnstone & Edmar Teixera (Plant and Food Research), Anita Wreford (Lincoln University)
Policy Brief 24: Wilding Conifers Sept 2019

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Nicholas Kirk, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Ltd
Policy Brief 25: Mitigating cascading and compounding hazards in the time of pandemic

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Patrick Walsh, Nicholas Cradock-Henry and Suzie Greenhalgh

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Policy Briefing & Guidance Papers

Policy Briefing Papers

Policy Brief 1: Building mana whenua partnerships for urban design

Policy Brief 2: Evaluating a collaborative process

Policy Brief 3: Principles to underpin freshwater decision-making

Policy Brief 4: Setting up a collaborative process: stakeholder participation

Policy Brief 5: Understanding conflict over freshwater values in a regional plan

Policy Brief 6: Using economic modelling to inform limit setting processes for freshwater resources

Policy Brief 7: Using mātauranga Māori to inform freshwater management

Policy Brief 8: Collaborative processes and the roles of the council

Policy Brief 9: Structured decision making for collaborative planning

Policy Brief 10 Māori Involvement in Collaborative Freshwater Planning: insights from Hawkes Bay

Policy Brief 11: Designing Policy to Change the use of Natural Resources

Policy Brief 12: Sharing the Pie: The dilemma of allocating nutrient leaching between sources

Technical Documentation - Policy Brief 12: Sharing the Pie: The dilemma of allocating nutrient leaching between sources

Policy Brief 13: Protecting the Urban Forest

Technical Document — Policy Brief 13: Effectiveness of protecting urban vegetation: assessing vegetation cover changes with urban expansion and intensification Technical Document for Protecting the Urban Forest

Policy Brief 14: Māori Values and Perspectives to Inform Collaborative Processes and Planning for Freshwater Management

Poilcy Brief 15: Restoring Riparian Margins

Policy Brief 16: Winter grazing practices of dairy farmers across New Zealand

Policy Brief 17: Survey of Rural Decision Makers: understanding decision makers in primary industry

Policy Brief 18: Planning for tipping points and enhancing resilience in production landscapes

Policy Brief 19: Wai Ora Wai Māori – a kaupapa Māori assessment tool

Policy Brief 20: Riding the Wave: Reflections on the evolution of freshwater management in New Zealand

Policy Brief 22: Applying Adaptation Pathways

Policy Brief 24: Wilding Conifers Sept 2019

Policy Brief 25: Mitigating cascading and compounding hazards in the time of pandemic

Policy Guidance Papers

Looking at Soils through the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services Lens

Review of Policy Instruments for Ecosystem Services

International guidance papers

Evaluating ecosystem-based adaptation for disaster risk reduction in Fiji: executive summary

Evaluating ecosystem-based adaptation for disaster risk reduction in Fiji: full report