Market and non-market valued decisions are associated with New Zealand's system of national parks. The use benefits of Mount Cook National Park are not priced by the market mechanism, whereas many of the inputs necessary ...

This paper presents 80 summary statements on Canada Geese. The overview is based on an extensive evaluation of evidence, enumerated and interpreted for Branta canadensis maxima populations in New Zealand conditions. ...

The policies of the present Government for the management of the New Zealand economy are clearly 'more market' (Douglas. 1984). The economy, in the judgement of the Government and its economic advisor, The Treasury, is ...

This study evaluated the ability of nine models to describe and predict the response of grain yield to flood irrigation of wheat and barley crops. The models may be divided into four groups: 1). Input-Output models 2). ...

The need for farmers to undertake effective management and accounting practices for their businesses is always present and is especially important in times of financial constraint. In general, farm accounting appears ...

The present call for recognition of Maori fishing rights is based on the Treaty of Waitangi. Similarities between the Maori rights and recent developments with North American Indian fishing rights are presented and ...

Despite the many factors that contribute to the annual variations in agricultural production, climatic fluctuations explain much of the variability. Although these fluctuations include flood, snow, hail and wind damages, ...

This Discussion Paper includes the contents of a one day seminar held at Lincoln College on 3 July 1986 for the first meeting of the New Zealand Rural Economy and Society Study Group. Included are two papers read by two ...

Two broad arguments are employed to justify proposals for a government sponsored closer settlement policy. The first argument involves testing three different theories of social policy against the pattern of New Zealand ...

Investment appraisal techniques such as the net present value and the internal rate of return methods are frequently used to assess the worthwhileness of a capital investment. A number of factors will influence the outcome ...