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Sep 07, 2026
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Sep 07, 2026
LIT_067: Mohseni et al. 2021 — Ohakune (NZ) multi-energy-storage micro-grid: LCOE & whole-life-cost breakdown
energy_generation
energy_storage_grid
mobility_transport
community_finance
case_study
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_138: Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood — Body Corporate No. 210417 Rules (adopted AGM 15 Oct 2016)
governance_models
cohousing_intentional_community
case_study
regulation_policy
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
URL_029: Tui Community — 'Tui Land' (community's own site): a farm of 50 hectares (125 acres) at Wainui Bay; ~20…
case_study
cohousing_intentional_community
food_systems_agriculture
governance_models
nz_specific
type/source
source/url
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_030: Williams (2017) — Living with Tension: NZ Eco-Village Practice
cohousing_intentional_community
nz_specific
case_study
methodology_frameworks
behavioural_psychological
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_066: Bocco, Gerace & Pollini 2018 — ecological footprint of Sieben Linden ecovillage
cohousing_intentional_community
self_sufficiency_theory
case_study
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_083: Mohseni, Brent, Burmester & Browne (2021) — Lévy-flight Moth-Flame Optimisation Micro-Grid Equipment Sizing…
energy_generation
energy_storage_grid
methodology_frameworks
self_sufficiency_theory
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_085: Apperley & Toki (2023) — An Islanded Community Solar Microgrid with Capability of Future Fractal Growth…
energy_storage_grid
energy_generation
case_study
nz_specific
maori
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_144: Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood — Dwelling Floor Plans (four-plex, southern-block & terrace unit types, 10.8.00)
building_habitat
cohousing_intentional_community
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_081: Lockyer (2017) — Community, Commons, and Degrowth at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
case_study
cohousing_intentional_community
circular_economy_degrowth
governance_models
energy_generation
water_supply_treatment
waste_circular
mobility_transport
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_078: Earthsong — Infrastructure Auckland Grant Final Costs (water-sensitive design, 2008)
water_supply_treatment
case_study
community_finance
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_143: Design Brief (6 Aug 1999) — Waitakere Eco-Neighbourhood Cohousing Project (Earthsong) resident-consensus…
building_habitat
water_supply_treatment
energy_generation
food_systems_agriculture
cohousing_intentional_community
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_237: Allison / Earthsong Centre Trust (2010) - Final Report to Waitakere City Council
cohousing_intentional_community
governance_models
community_finance
case_study
regulation_policy
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
CR_007: Mohseni et al. (2020) — Totarabank Eco-Village Microgrid LCOE and System Data
energy_generation
energy_storage_grid
community_resilience
nz_specific
case_study
type/source
source/cr
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_018: Kumar (2016) — An Eco-Community Design for Mount Roskill
cohousing_intentional_community
building_habitat
energy_generation
food_systems_agriculture
water_supply_treatment
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_050: Schmidt et al. (2022) — A Framework for Assessing Food-Energy-Water Security (rural Alaska)
self_sufficiency_theory
methodology_frameworks
community_resilience
case_study
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_139: Earthsong Statement of Intent (22 June 2004) — governance instrument for the jointly-owned Earthsong…
governance_models
cohousing_intentional_community
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_193: UC GEOG402 (2013) — Local Food Initiatives: the source whose Table 4 reads 98.26 SERVINGS/day and 33…
food_systems_agriculture
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
URL_001: CNN (2026) — Aftrak solar micro electric tractors, Malawi
food_systems_agriculture
energy_generation
mobility_transport
case_study
type/source
source/url
Sep 07, 2026
OT_012: Awatere (2020) — Kaitiakitanga: Connectedness, Responsibility, People and the Environment
maori
governance_models
community_resilience
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_140: Earthsong Centre Trust — Draft Trust Deed (Feb 2004): charitable-trust governance vehicle for the Earthsong…
governance_models
cohousing_intentional_community
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_192: Jenkin (2011) — Rainbow and Tui, brief histories: 'Tui has fifty hectares' (second independent source for the…
case_study
cohousing_intentional_community
governance_models
community_finance
food_systems_agriculture
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
URL_030: Awaawaroa Bay, Waiheke — a household's residential-share SALE page (not the ecovillage's official site): 169…
case_study
cohousing_intentional_community
food_systems_agriculture
community_finance
nz_specific
type/source
source/url
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_020: Skrzypczyński (2021) — Rural Experiments with Basic Resources: European Ecovillages
cohousing_intentional_community
self_sufficiency_theory
energy_generation
water_supply_treatment
food_systems_agriculture
methodology_frameworks
case_study
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_094: Analysis of Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood Refuse (WCC audit, April 2010)
waste_circular
nz_specific
case_study
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_109: Aurora Energy — Asset Management Plan 2024–2034 (Upper Clutha DER / solarZero flexibility case)
energy_storage_grid
energy_generation
case_study
regulation_policy
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
URL_004: Wilton — Communes and communities (Te Ara, n.d.)
cohousing_intentional_community
nz_specific
case_study
governance_models
maori
type/source
source/url
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_002: Community Microgrids in Aotearoa New Zealand
energy_generation
energy_storage_grid
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_012: Bluesmith (2023) — Ecovillages as a Solution to Global Challenges
cohousing_intentional_community
governance_models
energy_generation
food_systems_agriculture
biotech_nature_based
community_resilience
behavioural_psychological
case_study
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_033: Off-Grid Multi-Carrier Microgrid Design Optimisation: Rakiura–Stewart Island
energy_generation
energy_storage_grid
mobility_transport
case_study
nz_specific
methodology_frameworks
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_079: Hurtado et al. (2024) — Systems Modeling of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus (Axarquía, southern Spain)
self_sufficiency_theory
methodology_frameworks
water_supply_treatment
governance_models
community_resilience
case_study
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_190: Millar & Bould (2015) — Blueskin & Karitane Food System Report: the only NZ whole-diet land coefficient…
food_systems_agriculture
case_study
self_sufficiency_theory
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
RD_031: Global Ecovillage Network — ecovillage.org public directory (1,354 projects; WP REST API extract 19 Jul 2026;…
cohousing_intentional_community
case_study
methodology_frameworks
nz_specific
type/source
source/rd
Sep 07, 2026
CR_034: Forest Lodge Orchard / Electric Cherries — world's first 100% electric cherry orchard (Mike Casey, Central…
energy_generation
energy_storage_grid
food_systems_agriculture
water_supply_treatment
mobility_transport
nz_specific
case_study
type/source
source/cr
Sep 07, 2026
CR_040: NZ community-scale green hydrogen viability 2026 (web synthesis
energy_storage_grid
regulation_policy
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/cr
Sep 07, 2026
OT_098: Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood — staged whole-project capital costs (World Habitat Award submission)
building_habitat
community_finance
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_070: Marckmann, Gram-Hanssen & Christensen (2012) — Sustainable Living and Co-Housing: Evidence from a Case Study…
cohousing_intentional_community
governance_models
behavioural_psychological
case_study
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_240: Waitakere City Council (2002) - s357 decision reducing Earthsong reserve contribution to 3.5%
regulation_policy
cohousing_intentional_community
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
URL_031: Earthsong — permaculture page: 50% of the site as common open space and 20% as private gardens (thin ingest;…
case_study
cohousing_intentional_community
food_systems_agriculture
nz_specific
type/source
source/url
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_082: Tinsley & George (2006) — Ecological Footprint of the Findhorn Foundation and Community (SDRC / SEI York)
cohousing_intentional_community
self_sufficiency_theory
case_study
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_191: Pā to Plate (2022), Our Land & Water — marae-based kai sovereignty in Taitokerau: collective land cannot…
maori
food_systems_agriculture
community_finance
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_032: Mohseni, Brent & Burmester (2020) — Totarabank Eco-Village Resilience-Oriented Microgrid Capacity Expansion
energy_generation
energy_storage_grid
community_resilience
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
URL_028: RNZ Country Life (29 June 2018) — Riverside, a community of pastoral peacekeepers: 170 Friesian-cross cows to…
case_study
cohousing_intentional_community
food_systems_agriculture
governance_models
nz_specific
type/source
source/url
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_076: Robin & Ehimen 2024 — decentralised biogas plants for energy needs in sub-Saharan Africa (techno-economic…
waste_circular
energy_generation
food_systems_agriculture
case_study
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_142: Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood — Common House Revised Floor Plan (doc 2010)
building_habitat
cohousing_intentional_community
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_157: EECA / Aurecon (2025) — Biomass Boilers: Case Studies from Across New Zealand Industries (\"Biomass lessons…
energy_generation
regulation_policy
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_031: Mohseni, Khalid & Brent (2022) — Metaheuristic isolated microgrid sizing with EVs, Aotea-Great Barrier Island
energy_generation
energy_storage_grid
mobility_transport
methodology_frameworks
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_155: REMOTE project Deliverable D2.2 — Technical specification of the four hydrogen-storage demonstrators…
energy_storage_grid
case_study
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
REG_034: Tauhei Solar Farm fast-track consent decision (EPA NZ 2022)
energy_generation
food_systems_agriculture
regulation_policy
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/reg
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_019: Lasseur et al. (2010) — MELiSSA: The European Project of a Closed Life Support System
biotech_nature_based
waste_circular
water_supply_treatment
food_systems_agriculture
case_study
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_093: Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood — House Materials Schedule Stage II(b) 2006
building_habitat
nz_specific
case_study
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
URL_016: CORDIS — REMOTE project (H2020 GA 779541): hydrogen energy storage for off-grid / isolated-microgrid remote…
energy_storage_grid
case_study
type/source
source/url
Sep 07, 2026
CR_055: NZ Small-Community Food Self-Sufficiency — Dairy, Edible Fats, and Case Evidence (AI research synthesis).…
food_systems_agriculture
case_study
methodology_frameworks
nz_specific
type/source
source/cr
Sep 07, 2026
OT_148: Earthsong / Waitakere Eco-Neighbourhood Cohousing Project
cohousing_intentional_community
regulation_policy
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_241: Waitakere City Council (1998) - annotated district-plan map sheet, Earthsong site + Ranui amenities
cohousing_intentional_community
regulation_policy
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_015: Jones (2011) — Keeping it together: NZ intentional communities
cohousing_intentional_community
governance_models
case_study
methodology_frameworks
nz_specific
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_141: Cohousing Agreement (signed 1999) — Members of Waitakere Eco-Neighbourhood Cohousing Project & Cohousing New…
governance_models
cohousing_intentional_community
community_finance
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_146: Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood — Home Energy Rating (HERS) Assessment, one dwelling, unit number redacted…
building_habitat
nz_specific
case_study
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
URL_003: Johnston (2009) — Rural town heading towards energy self-sufficiency (Waitati)
energy_generation
case_study
community_resilience
behavioural_psychological
nz_specific
type/source
source/url
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_069: Kerr (2024) — Empowering Energy Innovation in the Communities of Aotearoa (Masters thesis, Univ. of Waikato)
energy_generation
energy_storage_grid
mobility_transport
case_study
community_resilience
nz_specific
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_092: Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood — Water Supply System Performance 2005-08 (metered dual-reticulation)
water_supply_treatment
nz_specific
case_study
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_145: Earthsong facilitation & meeting-process documents (2004) — codified consensus meeting norms
governance_models
cohousing_intentional_community
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
LIT_068: Majdi Nasab et al. (2021) — Hybrid Wind & Tidal Turbine Microgrid for a Remote Off-Grid NZ Community (Stewart…
energy_generation
energy_storage_grid
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/lit
Sep 07, 2026
OT_113: Ladies Mile Detailed Business Case Estimate (June 2018, NZTA-accepted)
water_supply_treatment
nz_specific
case_study
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_114: Meridian Energy (2022) — Ruakākā BESS Investment Decision (100 MW / 200 MWh utility BESS, NZD $186m capex,…
energy_storage_grid
energy_generation
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_147: Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood — Membership Agreement (4 May 2016, replaces the 2012 version): cohousing…
governance_models
cohousing_intentional_community
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_202: Vaughan et al. (2023) — agrivoltaics + livestock, Canterbury NZ cost case (OLW RPF)
energy_generation
food_systems_agriculture
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
CR_012: Renewable energy sources for remote communities in Aotearoa NZ (project-compiled synthesis)
energy_generation
energy_storage_grid
community_resilience
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/cr
Sep 07, 2026
OT_127: Hoskins / design TRIBE (2012) — Papakāinga Technical Report for Auckland Council (four case studies;…
maori
housing
regulation_policy
building_habitat
community_finance
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_239: Cohousing NZ Ltd (2002) - Medium Density Open Space Comparison (Earthsong s357 evidence)
case_study
cohousing_intentional_community
regulation_policy
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot
Sep 07, 2026
OT_238: Earthsong / Waitakere City Council MoU (2003) - Eco City partnership and access framework
governance_models
cohousing_intentional_community
case_study
nz_specific
type/source
source/ot