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.

    Planted forest area         Planted forest area  
Year ended
31 March		 State Private Total   Year ended
31 March		 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 334 1 144 1 478
1966 241 163 404   1996 330 1 212 1 542
1967 247 167 414   1997 169 1 461 1 630
1968 257 172 429   1998 171 1 508 1 679
1969 270 177 447   1999 161 1 570 1 731
1970 283 182 465   2000 151 1 618 1 769
1971 294 189 483   2001 151 1 648 1 799
1972 306 202 508   2002 148 1 666 1 814
1973 323 215 538   2003 146 1 681 1 827
1974 343 234 577   2004 143 1 679 1 822
1975 362 254 616          
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Notes:

  1. The sources for these statistics have changed. Until 1987 the statistics were compiled by the New Zealand Forest Service. The figures for 1987 onwards are estimates from NEFD surveys.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Private afforestation figures are based on incomplete historical data, and considerable estimation has taken place.

Graph 7a: Expansion of Planted Production Forest Area in New Zealand

Expansion of Planted Production Forest Area in New Zealand

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