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land use

Geoff Crawford

The Fifth Quarter: Are Farmers Paid for This?

This report by Geoff Crawford asserts that co-products in the “Fifth Quarter” are undervalued, limiting farmers’ returns and that improved transparency, collaboration, and fair value distribution are needed.
  • December 2025
  • Kellogg 54
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Blake Irving Kellogg

Blake Irving

Forests or Fleece.

This report seeks to understand the reasoning behind, and effects of, this change from an economic, environmental, and cultural perspective, and to look out 30 years to establish longer term viability of traditional farming, rotational and permanent forestry and Manuka plantation for the purpose of honey production and carbon sequestration.
  • 2022
  • Kellogg 47
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Rachel Weal

Land Use Change Diversification in Northland.

The Northland Region of New Zealand is a vital province for agriculture, horticulture, and forestry and, with its subtropical climate and mixed topography, offers a key competitive advantage. Our choices about land today can be irreversible and will affect future generations and the potential production and profitability of our industry.
  • 2021
  • Kellogg 44
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Scott Andrew

Woodflows of the eastern southern North Island: 2019-2028

The catch phrase “Wall of Wood” is approaching reality with the substantial increase of afforestation in the mid-1990s coming to maturity and ready for harvest in the coming years. The Eastern Southern North Island (ESNI) was no exception in this new afforestation with the reported area of plantation forestry more than tripling from 20,500ha in … Read more

  • 2019
  • Kellogg 40
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Doug Dibley

Intensive off pasture dairy farming: is it sustainable.

Dairying remains New Zealand’s largest and most successful industry. A growing global population and higher rates of urbanisation have largely contributed to increased demand in milk globally. Current demand has driven the market and led to continued dairy development and conversion of land use to dairying within New Zealand. This intensification has placed significantly increased … Read more

  • 2015
  • Kellogg 30
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Crofoot Emily, W

Rates

The aim of my project, “Rates!”, is to review the basis from which rates demands are calculated. The question to be asked: is a property value base in fact the most equitable basis for assessing rates? Many agricultural regions of New Zealand are under pressure from changes to alternative land use. This is therefore reflected … Read more

  • 2004
  • Kellogg 20
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Simpson, Julie

Changing land use and the effects on community: a case study of the central Southland area

The purpose of this study is to investigate the social impact of dairy conversions and the influx of non-South landers, to the Central Southland area. There has been a significant change in land use in many areas of Southland and it is important to know if the “community” is functioning in appropriate manner – in … Read more

  • 2000
  • Kellogg 16
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Rowley, John

The problems faced by crown pastoral leases in the Teviot region of Central Otago 1970 -1985

Between 1973 and 1975 four local pastoral leases applied for and were granted reclassification of their lease to crown renewable lease tenure, which allows the leasee the right to purchase the fee simple (the freehold title). This was followed by a dramatic reversal. The land settlement board, between 1975 and 1977, declined three official applications. … Read more

  • 1986
  • Kellogg 7
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