- Impacts & Implications
Research Programme
- Nicholas Cradock-Henry
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research - View the full team
Project Lead
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Budget
$440,000 -
Duration
October 2020-September 2023 -
Phase 2
Climate, water and wine
Enabling adaptation to interacting stressors
Primary industries must adapt to multiple interacting and compounding pressures. Apart from climate change, the industry presents management challenges, complicated decision making and, in some cases, accelerating system-wide transformation.

Wine and viticulture is New Zealand’s fastest growing primary industry, with urgent adaptation needs that have not yet been addressed.
Focussing on the Marlborough Region, this project will assess the combined effects of climate change and changing water availability, and what’s required to secure future sustainability. Working with land managers and others, the team will develop a sector-specific pathway to ensure emerging risks and opportunities are managed effectively.
The research will employ viticultural and soil-water modelling, geospatial analysis and integrated scenarios of change, combined with in-depth, qualitative research to document the decision context, identify strategies, and sequence adaptation options over time.
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Nicholas Cradock-Henry
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research -
Amber Parker
Lincoln University -
Joanna Fountain
Lincoln University -
Anne-Gaelle Ausseil
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research -
Paula Blackett
NIWA -
Len Ibbitson
Bragato Research Institute -
Justin Connolly
Deliberate Consulting -
Fang Guo
Bragato Research Institute