An amazing story of 100 years of NZ soil survey

28 June 2024

Following a collaboration with Dr Phil Tonkin, former Senior Lecturer at the Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, some new exciting content has recently been added to our Soils Portal.

In his retirement, Phil has compiled his wealth of knowledge in the History of Soil Survey and Selected Aspects of Soil Conservation in New Zealand. He has allowed us to reproduce his work to give an overview on the over 100-year soil survey history in Aotearoa New Zealand.

We are grateful that this knowledge can now be accessible to a wider audience.

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