Our Strategy

We are a strategy-led organisation, and our Statement of Corporate Intent outlines our plan to achieve our long-term aim of leading agri-based science innovation. It describes who we are, how we deliver our science, what our future-focused research looks like, and how we know we are succeeding in our mission.

AgResearch is an organisation that aims to create value and impact not only for its people, but for the betterment of the agricultural sector and Aotearoa New Zealand.

With our research priorities, we aim to address challenges across the pastoral agricultural sector, and deliver science-based solutions with the biggest, most significant impact.

Our plan to transform as an organisation through te ao Māori is underway with our Te Ara Tika strategy. It directly addresses the barriers Māori people and organisations experience working with a traditional science organisation such as AgResearch.

A key driver of the strategy is to bring a unique Māori approach to our science, and create meaningful impact for Māori by:

• Embracing mātauranga Māori as an equal knowledge system
• Being impact focused and delivering to Māori land, businesses and communities
• Honouring the Treaty relationship our partners have with the Crown
• Co-leading, co-designing and implementing to build the capabilities of our partners and ourselves
• Aligning our values to the values of our partners.

Our Te Ara Tika strategy is available for download below.