Glossary for the current state story
- Macro-porosity
- Is a measure of the proportion of large pores in the soil that provide the air supply to roots
- Mahinga kai
- Food and places for obtaining natural foods and resources. The work/mahi, methods and cultural activities involved in obtaining foods and resources
- Mātauranga
- knowledge
- Minimum flow means
- Minimum flow means the flow, when measured at the relevant water flow monitoring site, at which abstractions from a water body must cease
- MBIE
- The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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