Te Whenua Hou Te Whenua Whitiora is the largest single-farm regenerative trial in the country. Ngāi Tahu Farming aims to cut water use, greenhouse gas emissions and nitrate leaching on the regenerative farm by a fifth by 2030 while keeping production and animal health up.
This feature from Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu covers what is different on the regenerative farm, such as diverse pastures, less synthetic fertiliser and longer grazing rounds, and how the results are measured: lysimeters under the paddocks for nitrate, halters on the cows for health data, and sleep rings on the kaimahi to track their wellbeing.
Explore how dairy water-quality measures affect greenhouse gas emissions too.
Explore how regenerative agriculture may improve farming, health, and the environment.
Map showing nitrate-nitrogen leaching from dairy farms, with spatial accuracy at 100m resolution.
The iwi's climate action plan, with targets for its farms, marae and businesses.
Learn how a Dargaville research farm is testing pasture and stocking changes to cut dairy emissions.
Breeding sheep that produce less methane, at Taupō and Kerikeri.
Discover how low-emissions farming could shape the future of sheep, beef, and dairy in Aotearoa.
How the state farmer plans to cut emissions and adapt farm by farm.
Learn how NZ's sheep and beef farms are improving efficiency while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
This resource highlights the importance of whenua for identity, wellbeing, and connection.
See how a Waikato farmer converted a cow dairy into a sheep milking operation.
Take a look at the new technologies Fonterra is trialling to cut methane on dairy farms.
See how many hot days dairy cows in your rohe could face as the climate warms.
Discover why a Canterbury cropping farmer put soil health ahead of tradition.
Review how fertiliser and grazing rotations are matched to feed demand.
This resource outlines methods to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand.
Find out about a no-cost method to reduce your dairy farm's greenhouse gas emissions.
Explore actions New Zealand farmers can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions effectively.
Learn how Owl Farm cut biological greenhouse gas emissions over a ten year period.
See which sheep and beef mitigation measures cut nutrient loss and emissions.
Learn about methane in agriculture and how NZ ag researchers are trying to reduce emissions.