Wood Supply Regions & Territorial Authorities

There are currently 73 district and city councils in New Zealand. These are grouped to form 10 wood supply regions of broadly similar growth patterns for radiata pine, representing wood supply and processing catchments. These wood supply regions are: Northland; Auckland; Central North Island; East Coast; Hawkes Bay; Southern North Island; Nelson and Marlborough; Canterbury; West Coast; and Otago and Southland.

Table 5: Wood Supply Regions and Constituent Territorial Authorities

Wood supply regions Territorial authorities Wood supply regions  Territorial authorities
North Island      
Northland Far North District   Palmerston North City
  Whangarei District   Tararua District
  Kaipara District   Masterton District
  Rodney District   Horowhenua District
Auckland North Shore City   Carterton District
  Auckland City   South Wairarapa District
  Waitakere City   Kapiti Coast District
  Manukau City   Upper Hutt City
  Papakura District   Porirua City
  Thames-Coromandel District   Wellington City
  Hauraki District   Lower Hutt City
  Franklin District South Island  
  Waikato District Nelson & Marlborough Nelson City
  Matamata-Piako District   Tasman District
Central North Island Hamilton City   Marlborough District
  Waipa District   Kaikoura District
  Otorohanga District West Coast Buller District
  Waitomo District   Grey District
  Ruapehu District   Westland District
  South Waikato District Canterbury Hurunui District
  Taupo District   Waimakariri District
  Tauranga District   Christchurch City
  Western Bay of Plenty District   Banks Peninsula District
  Rotorua District   Selwyn District
  Kawerau District   Ashburton District
  Whakatane District   Timaru District
  Opotiki District   Mackenzie District
East Coast Gisborne District   Waimate District
Hawkes Bay Wairoa District Otago & Southland Waitaki District
  Hastings District   Dunedin City
  Napier City   Queenstown-Lakes District
  Central Hawkes Bay District   Central Otago District
Southern North Island New Plymouth District   Clutha District
  Stratford District   Gore District
  South Taranaki District   Southland District
  Wanganui District   Invercargill City
  Rangitikei District    
  Manawatu District    

Map 1: North Island Wood Supply Regions Showing Territorial Authority Boundaries

Map 2: South Island Wood Supply Regions Showing Territorial Authority Boundaries

Source: New Zealand Land Cover Database version 2, 2003 (NZLCDB2). NZLCDB2 is based on Landsat 7 ETM satellite imagery acquired in the summer of 2000/2001. Further details on NZLCDB2 are available on http://www.maf.govt.nz/issues/land/land-cover-dbase.
 

Map 4: Distribution of Planted Forests - South Island

Source: New Zealand Land Cover Database version 2, 2003 (NZLCDB2). NZLCDB2 is based on Landsat 7 ETM satellite imagery acquired in the summer of 2000/2001. Further details on NZLCDB2 are available on http://www.maf.govt.nz/issues/land/land-cover-dbase.

Map 5: Ownership of Planted Forests - North Island

Source: New Zealand Exotic Forest Ownership maps, Interim Update 2004.

Map 6: Ownership of Planted Forests - South Island

Source: New Zealand Exotic Forest Ownership maps, Interim Update 2004.

   

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