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Explore our soils-related resources for your work

This page is your direct pathway to the wealth of New Zealand soil information available through Manaaki Whenua and other organisations.

Land managers

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Students

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Teachers

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Resource managers

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Soil beginners

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Mātanga Māori

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Scientists

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Soil maps

Visit our dedicated page on soil map resources for New Zealand.

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Soil data

Visit our dedicated page on soil data resources for New Zealand.

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Soil publications

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Our latest news

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12 November 2024
Soil Horizons Issue 33
Our 'Soil Horizons' newsletter communicates our work in soil-related research to stakeholders, customers and colleagues.
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29 August 2024
Major update to S-map Online released
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.
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28 June 2024
A most amazing story of 100 years of NZ soil survey
Dr Philip John Tonkin has been compiling a comprehensive history of NZ soil survey.
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24 April 2024
Major update of S-map Online
Notification of a significant nationwide S-map update on 23rd April 2024.
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11 April 2024
Our land 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.
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7 March 2024
Soil science – the hole story
Pūtaiao (‘science’ in te reo Māori) is MWLR's quarterly publication showcasing our work.
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8 December 2023
2023 update of S-map Online
The December 2023 update of S-map Online provides 538,000 ha approx. of new mapping across 7 regions.
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30 November 2023
Land use capability back in the spotlight
A new website to support practitioners in the Land Use Capability (LUC) space.
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Soils are amazing, and there is so much to learn about them

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