2nd Annual Workshop and field day 26 June 2024
Our second annual workshop and field day was held at Tui Brewery in Mangatainoka on the 26th of June, where over 50 participants came to learn about improving water quality on farms during the morning workshops, and then visited the Mangaone flood control dam and the first-ever constructed Detainment Bund PS120© in the lower North Island.
Attendees met our expert team of water quality and Detainment Bund PS120© specialists from Massey University, Horizons Regional Council, PMP Inc, Dairy NZ and farmers who shared their presentations, experiences and insights.
View the gallery of the day’s events, followed by videos and Powerpoint presentations.
Photos and recorded videos from the day
Fringed water lily
Watch the presentation by Jack Keast from Horizons Regional Council on the dangers of fringed water lily found in the Mangaone River Catchment. Discover why it posed such a big threat to New Zealand waterways and how it was effectively eradicated from the catchment. [10 mins]
What is a Detainment Bund PS120©?
Watch the presentation by John Paterson from the Phosphorus Mitigation Project PMP Inc. on the Detainment Bund PS120© – a novel edge-of-field technique to mitigate surface runoff contaminant losses. [20 mins]
Detainment Bund PS120© – lessons learned
Watch the presentation by West Otago farmer Allister Body, who has constructed and operated a Detainment Bund PS120© on his farm. [17 mins]
FarmAPT
Watch the presentation by Katrina Macintosh from DairyNZ who shares how FarmAPT is being developed to identify targeted water quality mitigation practices at farm-scale. [19 mins]
Download the presentations
from the workshops
Browse through the different written presentations from the workshop. Click on the button to download the presentation you would like to view.
Visit the Detainment Bund PS120©
Visit our Detainment Bund Virtual Tour if you were not able to attend our workshop and field visit on the day. Learn how these novel edge-of-field mitigation technologies work and what’s involved in constructing one.
Watch our virtual tour of a Detainment Bund on Google Earth
Explore our Detainment Bund built on a farm in the Mangaone River Catchment to mitigate the loss of sediment into waterways.
The Google Earth App is required for viewing.
Proceedings from the day
If you would like to download all the PowerPoints from the day, click below.