Table 10: Number of Forest Owners by Size Class as at 1 April 20041

  Size class (ha)
Wood supply region <402 40-99 100-499 500-999 1000+ Total
Northland  1 620 64 70 8 25  1 787
Auckland  1 309 32 21 3 20  1 385
Central North Island  1 734 64 40 9 32  1 879
East Coast   259 43 51 9 31   393
Hawkes Bay   662 28 43 5 29   767
Southern North Island  2 809 117 119 10 29  3 084
Nelson & Marlborough   796 120 98 15 26  1 055
West Coast   140 6 5 0 12   163
Canterbury  1 816 51 55 5 21  1 948
Otago & Southland  1 859 85 80 6 28  2 058
New Zealand total  13 004   610   582   64   84  14 344

Notes:

  1. The sum of the regional totals do not equal the national totals because some owners have forests in more than one region, particularly in the 1000+ ha category.
  2. The number of owners of forests less than 40 hectares is as at 30 June 2002, from Statistics New Zealand, 2002 Agricultural Census results.

Graph 10a: Number of Owners by Size Class as at 1 April 2004

Number of Owners by Size Class as at 1 April 2004

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