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Issue 21 of our Pūtaiao (‘science’ in te reo Māori) Newsletter has been released. It focuses on our work in the soils and land domain.

Draft updates to The New Zealand Soil Classification (NZSC) and the New Zealand Soil Description Handbook are now available for review. Please provide your feedback until Wednesday, 30 April 2025.

The Joint NZSSS and SSA Conference was held at Rotorua from 2nd to 5th December 2024.

Our 'Soil Horizons' newsletter communicates our work in soil-related research to stakeholders, customers and colleagues.

A major update to S-map Online has been released on 29 August 2024. S-map Online is now at 41.2% of NZ covered and 11M ha in total.

Dr Philip John Tonkin has been compiling a comprehensive history of NZ soil survey.

Notification of a significant nationwide S-map update on 23rd April 2024.

On 10 April 2024, MfE and Stats NZ released the 2024 edition of the 'Our land' report on the state of land and soil in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Pūtaiao (‘science’ in te reo Māori) is MWLR's quarterly publication showcasing our work.

The December 2023 update of S-map Online provides 538,000 ha approx. of new mapping across 7 regions.

A new website to support practitioners in the Land Use Capability (LUC) space.

The Antarctic Soils Explorer, a new platform on Antarctic soils, has been launched.