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Table 7: Expansion of Planted Production Forest Area in New Zealand (000 hectares)
The total planted forest areas have been estimated independently from new planted forest areas. The areas in this table are not the accumulated sums of new forest planting shown in Table 6.
| Year ended 31 March |
Planted forest area | Year ended 31 March |
Planted forest area | |||||||||||||
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| State | Private | Total | State | Private | Total | |||||||||||
| 1921 | 16 | 61 | 77 | |||||||||||||
| 1926 | 32 | 66 | 98 | 1976 | 385 | 272 | 657 | |||||||||
| 1931 | 124 | 123 | 247 | 1977 | 406 | 299 | 705 | |||||||||
| 1936 | 170 | 147 | 317 | 1978 | 425 | 324 | 749 | |||||||||
| 1941 | 179 | 150 | 329 | 1979 | 449 | 350 | 799 | |||||||||
| 1946 | 183 | 149 | 332 | 1980 | 467 | 379 | 846 | |||||||||
| 1951 | 187 | 151 | 338 | 1981 | 484 | 404 | 888 | |||||||||
| 1952 | 189 | 151 | 340 | 1982 | 505 | 434 | 939 | |||||||||
| 1953 | 190 | 151 | 341 | 1983 | 526 | 467 | 993 | |||||||||
| 1954 | 191 | 151 | 342 | 1984 | 546 | 499 | 1 045 | |||||||||
| 1955 | 192 | 152 | 344 | 1985 | 566 | 529 | 1 095 | |||||||||
| 1956 | 192 | 154 | 346 | 1986 | 583 | 548 | 1 131 | |||||||||
| 1957 | 193 | 155 | 348 | 1987 | 598 | 556 | 1 154 | |||||||||
| 1958 | 194 | 156 | 350 | 1988 | 588 | 626 | 1 214 | |||||||||
| 1959 | 195 | 157 | 352 | 1989 | 607 | 633 | 1 240 | |||||||||
| 1960 | 195 | 157 | 352 | 1990 | 607 | 654 | 1 261 | |||||||||
| 1961 | 199 | 159 | 358 | 1991 | 361 | 928 | 1 289 | |||||||||
| 1962 | 213 | 149 | 362 | 1992 | 356 | 952 | 1 308 | |||||||||
| 1963 | 220 | 152 | 372 | 1993 | 262 | 1 066 | 1 328 | |||||||||
| 1964 | 228 | 156 | 384 | 1994 | 267 | 1 121 | 1 388 | |||||||||
| 1965 | 235 | 160 | 395 | 1995 | 274 | 1 204 | 1 478 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 241 | 163 | 404 | 1996 | 274 | 1 268 | 1 542 | |||||||||
| 1967 | 247 | 167 | 414 | 1997 | 109 | 1 521 | 1 630 | |||||||||
| 1968 | 257 | 172 | 429 | 1998 | 108 | 1 571 | 1 679 | |||||||||
| 1969 | 270 | 177 | 447 | 1999 | 104 | 1 627 | 1 731 | |||||||||
| 1970 | 283 | 182 | 465 | 2000 | 94 | 1 675 | 1 769 | |||||||||
| 1971 | 294 | 189 | 483 | 2001 | 93 | 1 706 | 1 799 | |||||||||
| 1972 | 306 | 202 | 508 | 2002 | 90 | 1 724 | 1 814 | |||||||||
| 1973 | 323 | 215 | 538 | 2003 | 87 | 1 740 | 1 827 | |||||||||
| 1974 | 343 | 234 | 577 | |||||||||||||
| 1975 | 362 | 254 | 616 | |||||||||||||
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Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
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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.
- Prior to 1987 "State" refers principally to the forests planted or managed by the New Zealand Forest Service. Since 1987 "State" refers primarily to the forests owned or managed by State-owned enterprises and the Maori lease forests managed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
- Since 1990 much of the "State" forest has been sold to the "Private" sector. These sales include: 1990/91 - 249 000 hectares; 1992 - 97 000 hectares; 1996 - 170 000 hectares and 2000 - 10 000 hectares.
- Private afforestation figures are based on incomplete historial data, and considerable estimateion has taken place.
Graph 7a: New Land Planted in Production Forest in New Zealand
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