What Living Water achieved and learnt from the 10-year partnership

A framework to guide the planning, monitoring and evaluation approach for Living Water

We trialled physical tools, as well as approaches, processes, ways of working and system changes

This work is more than just communications and marketing, it is about engaging people and organisations on a change journey

Our approach to working with mana whenua

Breaking down barriers for our native freshwater fish

Making it easier to protect and enhance on-farm biodiversity 

Integrating landscape properties and cutting-edge science to explain why water quality varies

Assessing the costs and benefits of restoring Aotearoa New Zealand’s lowland drainage network at a national scale

Digitised up-to-date environmental action plans for farmers

Engaging farmers with biodiversity on their farms

Partnering with the University of Canterbury on transforming agricultural drains into healthy waterways

Partnering with QEII National Trust to accelerate the protection of significant habitat on farms.

How the Living Water partnership and programme is organised to deliver the mahi

How Living Water made choices about where to work

How we collected information to inform decisions on what work to do

Taking a new approach to strategic planning