Growing for good: workshop reports

Debating key messagesA small group from the Waikato workshop - more than 730 people attended eight workshops in February and March.

Eight workshops were held around New Zealand during February and March 2005 to discuss Growing for good, the PCE's report on intensive farming, sustainability and the environment. The report had stirred much debate when released in November 2004.

Organised and run by the New Zealand Landcare Trust, the workshops were an opportunity for farmers and others to provide feedback. Forty-six percent of those who attended were landowners.

Each workshop began with a presentation from Commissioner Dr Morgan Williams on the report's key messages. Participants were then organised into small discussion groups.

They were invited to pick out five key 'take home' messages, and to make any other comments. Each workshop ended with a general discussion, and the completion of evaluation sheets.

A special thanks to NZ Landcare Trust staff for running the workshops, and to Katie Nimmo, the Trust's social science research coordinator who compiled the workshop reports.

The reports opposite include:

Full report

The key take home messages from all eight workshops; how they were analysed; a summary of the workshop evaluations from all the regions; plus the messages and evaluations from each individual region.

Key messages - all regions

The key take home messages from all eight workshops, and how they were analysed.

Workshop evaluations - all regions

How many people attended and where, and what they thought of the report and the workshops.

Regional reports

The messages and evaluations from each region.