| LUC Class | Area (ha) | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 221.2 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | 394.2 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | 1006.8 | 21.2% | |
| 7 | 3114 | 65.5% | |
| 8 | 16.8 | 0.4% |
| LUC | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Suitable for crops. Most versatile multiple-use land. |
| 2 | Slight limitations for crops. Good versatile land. |
| 3 | Moderate limitations for crops. |
| 4 | Severe limitations for cropping or cultivation. More suited to specific crops, permanent pasture or forestry. |
| 5 | Unsuitable for cropping. Negligible limitations to pasture, grapevines, tree crop, or forestry. |
| 6 | Productive pastoral hill country, slight to moderate limitations or hazards to pasture, tree crops, and/or forestry. |
| 7 | Severe to very severe limitations or hazards for grazing with intensive soil conservation measures, more suited to forestry |
| 8 | Very severe to extreme limitations, requiring permanent vegetative cover and protection, unsuitable for agriculture. |
| Sub Class | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 7e | 65% |
| 6e | 16% |
| 4e | 8% |
| 6c | 4% |
| 3e | 4% |
| 8e | 0% |
| Description |
|---|
| Erosion (e) is significant to the capability of the whenua, because if the soil is permanently lost through erosion the whenua will take many years to develop new soil. |
| Wetness (w) that can present an issue to land capability include: waterlogging due to a rising water table in wet periods, perching of water above a layer preventing water moving through it and flooding. |
| Soil (s) limitation can be due to shallow soil, stones, rock outcrops, subsurface pans in the soil leading to a low soil water holding capacity, or a low fertility/trace element deficiency or a chemical toxicity. |
| Climate (c) limitations include the number of growing degree days, first and last frost timing, average rainfall, evapotranspiration rates and rainfall distribution, exposure to damaging and salt-laden winds. |
| Land Cover | Area (ha) | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous forest | 2097 | 44.1% | |
| High producing exotic grassland | 1416.9 | 29.8% | |
| Low producing exotic grassland | 784.2 | 16.5% | |
| Manuka and or Kanuka | 208.1 | 4.4% | |
| Gorse and or broom | 159 | 3.3% | |
| Production exotic forest | 76.4 | 1.6% | |
| Inland water | 8.2 | 0.2% | |
| Herbacious freshwater vegetation | 5 | 0.1% |
| Description | Area (ha) | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 2409.2 | 50.7% | |
| Low | 2343.7 | 49.3% |
| Description | Area (ha) | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderately deep | 4654.9 | 97.9% | |
| Slightly deep | 98 | 2.1% |
| Description | Area (ha) | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderately Well Drained | 3967.5 | 83.4% | |
| Well Drained | 787.3 | 16.6% |
| Description | Area (ha) | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silty | 2800.8 | 58.9% | |
| Loamy | 1167.2 | 24.6% | |
| Unclassified | 784.9 | 16.5% |
| Description | Area (ha) | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not rocky | 3968 | 83.5% | |
| Moderately rocky | 784.9 | 16.5% |
| Description | Area (ha) | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium | 3506.8 | 73.8% | |
| High | 1227.3 | 25.8% | |
| Low | 18.9 | 0.4% |
| Description | Area (ha) | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Data | 4753 | 100% |
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