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A National Exotic Forest Description (2006)

9 Tabular Summaries and Graphs

Planting, ownership, number of forests and standing volume

Table 9.9: Forest area¹ by age class and territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006

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Territorial authority	Age class
	1-5 years (ha)	6-10 years (ha)	11-15 years (ha)	16-20 years (ha)	21-25 years (ha)	26-30 years (ha)	31-35 years (ha)	36-40 years (ha)	41-50 years (ha)	51-60 years (ha)	61-80 years (ha)	Total (ha)
Northland wood supply region
Far North District	10 895	13 649	15 230	15 511	24 517	10 947	3 954	194	73	17	24	95 011
Whangarei District	4 181	6 233	6 239	6 308	9 826	2 065	215	134	20	19	5	35 245
Kaipara District	3 551	9 786	7 426	11 503	6 770	1 229	243	36	27	4	22	40 597
Rodney District	7 297	8 519	5 855	2 083	4 110	3 386	840	57	40	11	16	32 214
Region total	25 924	38 187	34 750	35 405	45 223	17 627	5 252	421	160	51	67	203 067
Auckland wood supply region
North Shore City	0	0	0	6	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	14
Waitakere City	0	1	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	9
Auckland City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manukau City	177	668	1 527	158	957	207	279	13	0	0	0	3 986
Papakura District	0	1	30	20	0	20	29	0	0	1	0	101
Franklin District	318	1 015	2 359	1 500	1 032	208	62	19	16	52	50	6 631
Thames-Coromandel District	4 373	3 249	3 513	2 032	5 104	4 330	662	85	28	49	127	23 552
Hauraki District	348	916	1 301	498	351	41	7	3	0	0	6	3 471
Waikato District	2 805	4 355	4 791	1 112	1 151	454	110	13	4	0	64	14 859
Matamata-Piako District	572	167	394	849	1 075	304	21	0	0	0	3	3 385
Region total	8 593	10 372	13 918	6 176	9 671	5 569	1 172	133	48	106	250	56 008
Central North Island wood supply region
Hamilton City	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Waipa District	188	1 356	696	131	146	179	15	0	4	2	0	2 717
Otorohanga District	1 281	1 110	1 756	274	364	158	33	116	16	2	0	5 110
South Waikato District	16 261	16 821	14 869	11 973	7 708	3 708	493	530	439	95	13	72 910
Waitomo District	4 326	7 019	6 238	1 156	2 098	2 069	1 314	220	563	36	0	25 039
Taupo District	33 988	35 395	20 098	29 266	39 358	22 185	2 953	808	668	15	136	184 870
Tauranga District	106	50	39	17	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	218
Ruapehu District	4 319	17 949	8 191	5 843	8 879	3 389	145	58	68	42	541	49 424
Western Bay of Plenty District	2 982	4 228	6 431	4 112	2 800	933	105	22	86	59	46	21 804
Rotorua District	11 315	16 284	8 794	8 267	7 118	3 220	1 235	670	182	67	43	57 195
Kawerau District	0	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34
Whakatane District	15 950	28 095	22 341	14 194	22 463	7 167	1 111	737	520	29	22	112 629
Opotiki District	1 352	1 485	1 008	5 155	8 487	1 312	11	0	0	0	0	18 810
Region total	92 068	129 824	90 461	80 390	99 428	44 320	7 415	3 161	2 546	347	801	550 761
East Coast wood supply region
Gisborne District	20 530	35 867	44 447	21 611	22 422	8 239	2 275	698	825	28	67	157 009
Region total	20 530	35 867	44 447	21 611	22 422	8 239	2 275	698	825	28	67	157 009
Hawkes Bay wood supply region
Wairoa District	9 975	10 125	15 597	1 876	10 217	5 072	605	105	183	24	22	53 801
Hastings District	13 341	14 065	17 568	4 086	7 967	4 682	975	193	88	48	15	63 028
Napier City	0	46	31	9	53	1	5	0	0	0	0	145
Central Hawkes Bay District	1 394	5 834	4 643	1 062	918	591	177	49	55	48	23	14 794
Region total	24 710	30 070	37 839	7 033	19 155	10 346	1 762	347	326	120	60	131 768
Southern North Island wood supply region
New Plymouth District	626	1 143	1 203	558	270	272	35	1	1	2	0	4 111
Stratford District	592	711	3 298	333	897	167	11	100	320	11	0	6 440
South Taranaki District	1 123	2 679	3 336	1 275	531	281	35	22	3	5	4	9 294
Wanganui District	4 011	6 358	10 777	4 008	2 764	999	89	315	74	30	1	29 426
Rangitikei District	2 103	8 556	5 814	1 498	1 016	914	439	144	141	16	28	20 669
Manawatu District	835	1 024	3 250	512	755	570	142	27	15	7	5	7 142
Palmerston North City	94	163	671	70	125	1 099	163	0	0	0	0	2 385
Horowhenua District	1 174	636	3 005	559	677	642	176	72	42	30	18	7 031
Tararua District	1 604	4 740	4 748	763	978	684	226	39	21	5	4	13 812
Kapiti Coast District	351	703	1 286	520	582	272	102	0	1	0	0	3 817
Upper Hutt City	966	1 031	805	944	1 440	1 040	55	106	109	30	0	6 526
Porirua City	55	34	767	520	207	11	60	4	0	0	0	1 658
Wellington City	28	86	341	70	96	2	0	0	0	0	0	623
Lower Hutt City	10	52	50	18	117	109	67	0	0	0	0	423
Masterton District	3 660	7 267	11 268	2 368	4 219	2 779	553	462	580	31	7	33 194
Carterton District	1 364	5 226	2 136	1 400	677	1 251	623	87	86	2	0	12 852
South Wairarapa District	1 217	2 643	3 117	774	461	410	253	124	44	0	1	9 044
Region total	19 813	43 052	55 872	16 190	15 812	11 502	3 029	1 503	1 437	169	68	168 447
North Island total	191 638	287 372	277 287	166 805	211 711	97 603	20 905	6 263	5 342	821	1 313	1 267 060
Nelson and Marlborough wood supply region
Tasman District	15 430	15 680	20 658	9 516	13 952	9 378	2 733	1 021	263	112	151	88 894
Nelson City	1 647	1 367	1 881	748	2 091	769	261	342	22	32	2	9 162
Marlborough District	8 633	13 555	21 252	8 923	11 365	5 765	2 208	168	82	9	9	71 969
Kaikoura District	137	449	508	61	96	72	27	14	29	0	0	1 393
Region total	25 847	31 051	44 299	19 248	27 504	15 984	5 229	1 545	396	153	162	171 418
West Coast wood supply region
Buller District	328	980	952	466	1 722	772	87	15	13	20	6	5 361
Grey District	3 415	2 635	1 986	762	2 794	1 102	315	411	138	2	0	13 560
Westland District	2 707	4 467	2 475	1 091	1 452	631	16	14	43	0	192	13 088
Region total	6 450	8 082	5 413	2 319	5 968	2 505	418	440	194	22	198	32 009
Canterbury wood supply region
Hurunui District	7 604	10 291	7 523	4 031	5 827	3 239	269	531	191	26	415	39 947
Waimakariri District	1 707	3 437	4 655	2 019	1 279	801	125	83	75	0	5	14 186
Selwyn District	1 785	3 105	3 119	2 639	1 545	1 483	851	132	79	49	95	14 882
Christchurch City	395	563	485	233	287	445	154	18	22	11	34	2 647
Banks Peninsula District	492	1 379	4 408	595	448	80	51	5	17	*	*	7 541
Ashburton District	420	1 064	737	458	535	438	208	31	55	19	13	3 978
Mackenzie District	795	1 014	1 797	283	342	231	145	171	186	*	*	5 043
Timaru District	3 156	2 639	2 386	1 758	686	859	245	285	236	18	38	12 306
Waimate District	1 398	5 685	2 048	1 100	2 048	915	41	57	44	19	18	13 373
Region total	17 752	29 177	27 158	13 116	12 997	8 491	2 089	1 313	905	182	723	113 903
Otago and Southland wood supply region
Waitaki District	3 195	9 095	3 442	1 606	1 568	649	174	85	*	13	*	19 926
Queenstown-Lakes District	27	74	181	161	126	103	6	1	*	0	*	714
Central Otago District	563	3 413	1 714	250	517	657	259	321	253	80	80	8 107
Dunedin City	887	1 874	3 367	3 077	4 923	1 356	267	72	35	29	51	15 938
Clutha District	15 726	23 525	18 687	6 577	9 191	7 567	748	316	618	102	100	83 157
Southland District	15 783	29 202	19 101	5 803	7 476	3 862	847	490	106	54	17	82 741
Gore District	110	2 556	1 298	180	165	44	8	44	15	0	0	4 420
Invercargill City	54	93	168	86	95	94	24	26	19	0	0	659
Region total	36 345	69 832	47 958	17 740	24 061	14 332	2 333	1 355	1 168	278	260	215 662
South Island total	86 394	138 142	124 828	52 423	70 530	41 312	10 069	4 653	2 663	635	1 343	532 992
New Zealand total	278 032	425 514	402 115	219 228	282 241	138 915	30 974	10 916	8 005	1 456	2 656	1 800 052

Note

1. Net stocked planted production forest area.

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* Values of these cells have been suppressed for reasons of confidentiality.

Figure 9.9: Forest area by age class and wood supply region

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List of Tables

• Planting, ownership, number of forests and standing volume
  • 9.1: New land planted in production forest in New Zealand
  • 9.2: Expansion of planted production forest aArea in New Zealand
  • 9.3: Forest ownership, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.4: Forest area by annual age class, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.5: Number of forest owners by size class and region, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.6: Forest area by forest owner size class and region, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.7: Forest area collected by postal survey and adjustments for new planting, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.8: Area, standing volume and area-weighted average age by territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.9: Forest area by age class and territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006
• Species
  • 9.10: Area planted in radiata pine by territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.11: Area planted in Douglas-fir by territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.12: Area planted in cypress species by territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.13: Area planted in other softwoods by territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.14: Area planted in eucalyptus species by territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.15: Area planted in other hardwoods by territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006
• Radiata pine tending regime
  • 9.16: Area of radiata pine pruned with production thinning by territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.17: Area of radiata pine pruned without production thinning by territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.18: Area of radiata pine unpruned with production thinning by territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006
  • 9.19: Area of radiata pine unpruned without production thinning by territorial authority, as at 1 April 2006

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