New Land Planted in Production Forest in New Zealand

Table 6: New Land Planted in Production Forest in New Zealand (000 hectares)

The areas of new planted forests have been estimated independently from total planted forest areas shown in Table 7.

	Year ended 31 December	New land planted	Year ended 31 December	New land planted
	1920	1
	1925	14	1975	45
	1930	37	1976	49
	1935	12	1977	39
	1940	2	1978	43
	1945	0	1979	44

	1950	3	1980	38
	1951	3	1981	45
	1952	3	1982	49
	1953	3	1983	51
	1954	4	1984	56
	1955	5	1985	48
	1956	5	1986	40
	1957	5	1987	30
	1958	5	1988	20
	1959	5	1989	21

	1960	6	1990	16
	1961	7	1991	15
	1962	9	1992	50
	1963	11	1993	62
	1964	14	1994	98
	1965	13	1995	74
	1966	15	1996	84
	1967	17	1997	64
	1968	21	1998	51
	1969	23	1999	40

	1970	26	2000	34
	1971	29	2001	30
	1972	33	2002	22
	1973	44
	1974	44

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Notes:

The sources for these statistics have changed. Until 1987 the statistics were compiled by the New Zealand Forest Service. The figures for 1988 to 1991 are estimates from NEFD surveys. The figures from 1992 are based on nursery surveys undertaken by the Ministry of Forestry and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Prior to 1950 only 5-year average annual estimates are available.

Graph 6a: New Land Planted in Production Forest in New Zealand

Graph of New Land Planted in Production Forest in New Zealand

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