Table 9.7: Area (in hectares) of pasture on hill-country erosion-prone land by region between 1997 (LCDB 1) and 2002 (LCDB 2)
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| Region | Erosion-prone area (hectares) in pasture (LCDB 1) |
Erosion- prone area (hectares) in pasture (LCDB 2) |
Percentage of total New Zealand land area (LCDB 2) (%) | Percentage of total regional land area (%) | Area (hectares) change from pasture (LCDB 2) | Percentage change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northland |
67,723 |
65,832 |
0.25 |
5.10 |
–1,691 |
–2.50 |
Auckland |
13,101 |
12,988 |
0.05 |
2.49 |
–53 |
–0.40 |
Bay of Plenty |
27,000 |
25,855 |
0.10 |
2.10 |
–1,104 |
–4.09 |
Waikato |
116,049 |
112,315 |
0.42 |
4.58 |
–3,680 |
–3.17 |
Gisborne |
167,141 |
158,382 |
0.59 |
19.01 |
–8,151 |
–4.88 |
Hawke’s Bay |
113,128 |
110,416 |
0.41 |
7.80 |
–2,537 |
–2.24 |
Manawatū |
230,585 |
223,535 |
0.83 |
10.08 |
–6,793 |
–2.95 |
Taranaki |
40,580 |
38,444 |
0.14 |
5.30 |
–2,136 |
–5.26 |
Wellington |
54,281 |
51,387 |
0.19 |
6.33 |
–2,794 |
–5.15 |
Nelson |
1,612 |
1,535 |
0.01 |
3.52 |
–76 |
–4.74 |
Tasman |
24,249 |
22,697 |
0.09 |
2.39 |
–1,012 |
–4.17 |
Marlborough |
75,042 |
71,946 |
0.27 |
6.84 |
–3,107 |
–4.14 |
Canterbury |
113,995 |
113,770 |
0.42 |
2.52 |
–220 |
–0.19 |
West Coast |
4,623 |
4,592 |
0.02 |
0.20 |
–16 |
–0.35 |
Ōtago |
101,531 |
101,236 |
0.38 |
3.17 |
–294 |
–0.29 |
Southland |
26,083 |
25,437 |
0.09 |
0.80 |
–646 |
–2.48 |
North Island |
829,587 |
799,154 |
2.98 |
na |
–30,433 |
–3.67 |
South Island |
347,134 |
341,213 |
1.27 |
na |
–5,921 |
–1.71 |
Total |
1,176,721 |
1,140,367 |
4.25 |
na |
–36,354 |
–3.09 |
Notes:
(1) Figures rounded to the nearest 100 hectares.
(2) Pasture classes from the erosion risk data used for this analysis limited to the LCDB Database ‘Primarily Pastoral’ classes for reporting.
Data source: Landcare Research.
