Land use of farms in New Zealand
By type, as at June 2022, thousand hectares
Category | Hectares |
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Grassland | 7,081,457.1 |
Tussock and danthonia used for grazing (whether oversown or not) | 2,060,249.7 |
Horticultural land and land prepared for horticulture | 133,549.4 |
Plantations of exotic trees intended for harvest | 1,754,505.4 |
Grain, seed and fodder crop land and land prepared for these crops | 469,889.4 |
Mature native bush | 537,134.2 |
Native scrub and regenerating native bush | 646,785 |
All other land | 422,806.8 |
Harvested exotic forest area awaiting restocking | 81,650.7 |