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Effects of organic farming, fencing and vegetation origin on spiders and beetles within shelterbelts on dairy farms
Spiders and beetles provide important ecosystem services in agriculture; however, optimum strategies to promote their density and diversity on dairy farms have received little attention. This study aimed to quantify the ...
The social practice of sustainable agriculture under audit discipline: Initial insights from the ARGOS project in New Zealand
One of the most interesting recent developments in global agri-food systems has been the rapid emergence and elaboration of market audit systems claiming environmental qualities or sustainability. In New Zealand, as a ...
After the ‘Organic Industrial Complex’: An ontological expedition through commercial organic agriculture in New Zealand
This article uses the evolving understandings of commercial organic agriculture within two research programmes in New Zealand to address three problematic claims and associated framings that have underpinned analysis of ...
Doing right by Teacher aides, students with disabilities, and relational social justice
In this article, Gill Rutherford seeks to understand, from the perspectives of teacher aides, the influence of their work on the school experiences of New Zealand students with disabilities. Rutherford contributes to a ...
The suitability of a feed-in tariff for wind energy in New Zealand : a study based on stakeholders’ perspectives
New Zealand (NZ) aims to expand the deployment of wind energy as one means to achieve 90% of electricity generation from renewables by 2025 and in addition to reduce green house gas (GHG) emissions. Due to electricity ...
Relocation Cases - the rhetoric and the reality of a child's best interests - a view from the bottom of the world
Relocation cases have become a very significant aspect of family law. This article examines the difficulties in deciding (and predicting the outcomes of) national and international relocation cases. This article questions ...
Early intervention in New Zealand Family Court cases
In April 2010 the New Zealand Family Court introduced the National Early Intervention Process (NEIP) to diversify its previous unitary dispute resolution pathway into two tracks (standard and urgent). A “triage” model is ...
Abundance and diversity of herbaceous weeds in sheep/beef pastures, South Island, New Zealand
This study compared species diversity, abundance and size of broad-leaved herbaceous weeds on 28 South Island sheep/beef farms that employed either organic, integrated management (IM) or conventional management (CM) systems. ...
Is New Zealand’s Regulation of Nanomedicines Adequate?
This article investigates the adequacy of New Zealand's regulation of medical products produced by nanotechnology and containing nanomaterials. There is concern that the novel and unique properties of some nanoscale chemical ...
Regulating Ecotoxicity Attributed to Nanomaterial Waste
The increasing numbers of products containing manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) are generating nanoparticle waste, some of which is toxic to the environment. Given the potential market of nanoproducts and the growing ...