A National Exotic Forest Description (2006)

7 Wood supply regions and 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 7.1: Wood supply regions and constituent territorial authorities

Wood supply regions	Territorial authorities
North Island
Northland	Far North District
	Whangarei District
	Kaipara District
	Rodney District
Auckland	North Shore City
	Auckland City
	Waitakere City
	Manukau City
	Papakura District
	Thames-Coromandel District
	Hauraki District
	Franklin District
	Waikato District
	Matamata-Piako District
Central North Island	Hamilton City
	Waipa District
	Otorohanga District
	Waitomo District
	Ruapehu District
	South Waikato District
	Taupo District
	Tauranga District
	Western Bay of Plenty District
	Rotorua District
	Kawerau District
	Whakatane District
	Opotiki District
East Coast	Gisborne District
Hawkes Bay	Wairoa District
	Hastings District
	Napier City
	Central Hawkes Bay District
Southern North Island	New Plymouth District
	Stratford District
	South Taranaki District
	Wanganui District
	Rangitikei District
	Manawatu District
	Palmerston North City
	Tararua District
	Masterton District
	Horowhenua District
	Carterton District
	South Wairarapa District
	Kapiti Coast District
	Upper Hutt City
	Porirua City
	Wellington City
	Lower Hutt City

South Island
Nelson and Marlborough	Nelson City
	Tasman District
	Marlborough District
	Kaikoura District
West Coast	Buller District
	Grey District
	Westland District
Canterbury	Hurunui District
	Waimakariri District
	Christchurch City
	Banks Peninsula District
	Selwyn District
	Ashburton District
	Timaru District
	Mackenzie District
	Waimate District
Otago and Southland	Waitaki District
	Dunedin City
	Queenstown-Lakes District
	Central Otago District
	Clutha District
	Gore District
	Southland District
	Invercargill City

Figure 7.1: North Island wood supply regions showing territorial authority boundaries

Figure 7.2: South Island wood supply regions showing territorial authority boundaries

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