Reducing Golf’s Environmental Impact

Reducing Golf’s Environmental Impact

“Understanding the importance of governance around golf course sustainability is a key requirement to ensure we are compliant with current NZ law and planning for the future. This fact sheet discusses many of the issues currently facing golf courses in a “sustainable...
NZSTI and Labosport Group

NZSTI and Labosport Group

NZSTI is a division of the Labosport Group, the leading sports surfaces technical institute, and together we offer the following services around the world: Consulting Testing and Certification Research & Innovation, and Training and...
Preparation for level 1 water use ban

Preparation for level 1 water use ban

Due to the severe drought, at the end of this week (16th of May), Auckland golf courses that use town supply as their water source for irrigating their turf and completing other course maintenance will need to stop using that water source – irrigation will not be...
Watering Warm Season Grasses

Watering Warm Season Grasses

New turf plants require a different approach to irrigation. As the northern regions of New Zealand install ever increasing areas of warm season (C4) turf across sports fields and golf courses, it’s important to look at how irrigation... To access this post, you must...
Why Is Rainfall Better Than Irrigation?

Why Is Rainfall Better Than Irrigation?

It’s not always there when you need it, but rainfall typically results in more even soil moisture, greater turf health and improved growth rates. After a significant rain event during a dry summer, many turfgrass practitioners will... To access this post, you must...
Common Practices Can Be Questioned

Common Practices Can Be Questioned

When turf managers fully understand how much water the root-zone can store, they may develop the confidence to change from daily to less frequent irrigation. A fundamental principle of irrigation taught to turf management... To access this post, you must purchase...