Total land area irrigated in New Zealand
By territorial authority, year ended June 2017, thousand hectares
| Territorial Authority | Hectares |
|---|---|
| Ashburton | 180,738.1 |
| Auckland | 9,343.8 |
| Buller | 1,223.8 |
| Carterton | 3,584.2 |
| Central Hawke's Bay | 7,836.9 |
| Central Otago | 49,383.9 |
| Chatham Islands | 0 |
| Christchurch | 16,950.2 |
| Clutha | None |
| Dunedin | 5,970.8 |
| Far North | 2,761.3 |
| Gisborne | 3,240.3 |
| Gore | 1,809.1 |
| Grey | 1,232.3 |
| Hamilton | 371.5 |
| Hastings | 13,328.4 |
| Hauraki | None |
| Horowhenua | 3,781.6 |
| Hurunui | 41,689.5 |
| Invercargill | 105.5 |
| Kaikōura | 2,578.8 |
| Kaipara | 1,753.4 |
| Kāpiti Coast | 251.7 |
| Kawerau | 0 |
| Lower Hutt | 14.5 |
| Mackenzie | 7,154.3 |
| Manawatū | 3,974.8 |
| Marlborough | 26,613.3 |
| Masterton | 2,595.6 |
| Matamata-Piako | 6,338.1 |
| Napier | 475.4 |
| Nelson | 164.3 |
| New Plymouth | None |
| Ōpōtiki | 1,238.3 |
| Ōtorohanga | 1,650.8 |
| Palmerston North | 1,943 |
| Porirua | None |
| Queenstown-Lakes | 3,850.3 |
| Rangitīkei | 4,800.2 |
| Rotorua | 3,719.2 |
| Ruapehu | 560 |
| Selwyn | 89,519.3 |
| Southland | 11,884.9 |
| South Taranaki | 4,494.2 |
| South Waikato | 2,362.1 |
| South Wairarapa | 7,688.6 |
| Stratford | None |
| Tararua | 3,268.6 |
| Tasman | 9,679.3 |
| Taupō | 3,926 |
| Tauranga | None |
| Thames-Coromandel | 348.2 |
| Timaru | 54,513.6 |
| Upper Hutt | 0.9 |
| Waikato | 5,348.6 |
| Waimakariri | 31,258.2 |
| Waimate | 36,766.1 |
| Waipā | 1,593.9 |
| Wairoa | 304.3 |
| Waitaki | 43,617.7 |
| Waitomo | 109.6 |
| Whanganui | 848.4 |
| Wellington | 17.4 |
| Western Bay of Plenty | 4,474.3 |
| Westland | None |
| Whakatāne | 5,342.9 |
| Whangārei | 3,067.3 |
Definitions
Farm: For the purposes of this census a farm is one or more blocks of land, managed as a single operation, that is engaged in agricultural activity. This includes farming of livestock, horticulture, viticulture, nurseries, forestry, growing grain and seed crops, and land that could be used for these purposes.
Bull: An entire (ie not castrated) male cattle.
Calf: A young cattle of either sex between birth and weaning, with eight temporary teeth. Also sometimes refers to animals up to one year old.
Cow: A mature female cattle beast of any age, but usually over 30 months.
Dry cow/ewe: A female animal not carrying offspring.
Ewe: A female sheep.
Exotic timber: Timber harvested from trees which are not native to New Zealand.
Heifer: A female cattle having no more than six permanent incisors.
Hogget: A young male or female sheep having no more than two permanent incisors in wear.
Lamb: A sheep under 12 months of age, or without any permanent teeth in wear.
Ram: An adult uncastrated male sheep having more than two permanent incisors in wear.
Steer: A male cattle castrated when young. Does not develop secondary sexual characteristics (eg large shoulders) or masculine temperament.
Two-tooth: A sheep with two teeth (a one-year-old).
Wether: A castrated male sheep.
Mated gilt: A gilt pig is a female under the age of 1 year. Generally, the term refers to a pig who has not farrowed, or given birth to a litter. Once a pig has had a litter and is past her first year, she is called a sow.
Data calculation/treatment
Figures may not add to the totals due to rounding.
Please note that forestry data refers to the year ended 31 March 2017. The rest of the data refers to the year ended 30 June 2017.
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Limitations of the data
The compulsory registration level for GST is $60,000 so there is a partial and unquantifiable coverage of units below this level.
Inclusions
The Agricultural Production Surveys and Census include all units identified on Statistics New Zealand's Business Frame as having agricultural activity. The Business Frame is a list of businesses in New Zealand, based on their registration for goods and services tax (GST) with Inland Revenue. In the case of agriculture the Business Frame includes the following units: - those units registered for GST (and filing a non-zero GST return) that have indicated involvement in agricultural activity (as defined above) - those businesses with more than $200,000 of GST sales or purchases, or that are an employer, whose main activity is not agriculture but have indicated some secondary agricultural activity.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Agricultural Production Census: Additional tables 2017
Webpage:
https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/agricultural-production-statistics-june-2017-final
How to find the data
At URL provided, select 'Agricultural production statistics: June 2017 (final) – additional tables'.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Agricultural Production Census: Additional tables 2017
From the dataset Agricultural Production Census: Additional tables 2017, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: Table 2
- Range:
B8:HO77 - Provided: 15,540 data points
This data forms the table Agriculture - Agricultural production by territorial authority 2017.
Dataset originally released on:
July 11, 2018