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Soil Health for Profit

Posted on March 13, 2026

LandWISE Conference 2026 Havelock North Function Centre27 – 28 May 2026 Our “Soil Health for Profit” theme in 2026 is, in some ways, a return to the past. LandWISE arose out of work to combat soil erosion through use of minimum tillage and we’re returning to strip-till in 2026. A lot has been learned in…

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LandWISE Conference 2025

Posted on May 7, 2025

Getting to Carbon Positive Wednesday 21 – Thursday 22 May Havelock North Function Centre In 2025 we’re delighted to bring you a conference with focuses on regenerative crop production, carbon footprinting, and electrification. We’ll have new technologies to think about and see, we have speakers with proven track records, and we’re looking forward to catching…

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LandWISE 2025 AGM

Posted on May 7, 2025

Havelock North Function Centre at 2:30 PM on Wednesday, 21 May Agenda If you have any items you would like discussed, please contact Dan Downloads (for Financial members) LandWISE 2024 Annual General Meeting Minutes LandWISE 2025 Special General Meeting Minutes

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Bye & ka kite for now!

Posted on March 30, 2025

After a fun couple of years, I am leaving LandWISE. My partner Mitchell and I are taking a big leap and moving to the Netherlands to start the next chapter of our lives and careers. I spent a year studying in the Netherlands in 2016 and I am very excited to be heading back! I…

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Rebuilding Our Soils

Posted on April 26, 2024

LandWISE 2024 – Rebuilding Our Soils Havelock North – 15-16 May 2024 We are looking forward to our annual conference this week. We will report on our current work with industry, researchers and growers seeking out and trialing best ways to rebuild soil.Our invited speakers will present alternative practices and novel ideas, some perhaps fringe,…

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LandWISE AGM 2023

Posted on May 26, 2023

The 2023 LandWISE AGM will be held at the Havelock North Function Centre on Wednesday 24th May at 2:30 PM. All Full financial members are entitled to vote at the AGM. Please log into the website to check your membership status! AGM Matters The minutes are available to Full Members here Financial Report Key results…

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The Future of Weed Control

Posted on April 24, 2023

By Invitation Workshop Friday 26 May 2023 – Green Shed, LandWISE MicroFarm, Hastings Given the calibre of people who will be with us for LandWISE 2023, we are running a special workshop the day after the Conference. It seems an ideal opportunity to let farmers, researchers and industry get together to workshop where we are,…

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Annual Subscriptions Due

Posted on April 24, 2023

Members are now due to renew their subscriptions. This process has now moved to the website so when you log in you will need to select a membership type. Free is still Free! Full members signup online and will go through a payment process. This is set for annual renewal as an automatic reminder, and…

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Welcome Alex

Posted on October 18, 2022

LandWISE Board member Alex has changed her role and is now also our Project Manager: Sustainable Systems at LandWISE! Since starting at the beginning of October, she has been very busy establishing trials at the MicroFarm and at eight local process cropping farms. We are delighted to have Alex on board, with her strong background…

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LandWISE AGM 2022

Posted on June 9, 2022

Reminder of the 2022 AGM The 2022 Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 22 June at the Green Shed at the LandWISE MicroFarm, 21 Ruahapia Rd, Waipatu, Hastings. The AGM will be accompanied by a free seminar with presentations covering current and future projects and topics of interest. The meeting begins with a…

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  • Cyclone Gabrielle Research Symposium
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