Soil publications

Manaaki Whenua and its predecessors have a rich heritage of materials on the topic of soils.

Below, we offer three ways for you to explore what is available.

If you cannot find the soils publication you are looking for, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.

Use our digital library as a starting point for a keyword-based search

Manaaki Whenua Digital Library

Most reference reports and documents have been digitised and are available. You can search using our custom Soils Portal interface, or search on the Digital Library pages with more filters available.

Search Digital Library on soils.landcareresearch.com

or search on digitallibrary.landcareresearch.co.nz

Browse list of soil publications by title

In-house soil publications

Use this page if you are familiar with the various titles that have been published in the past by the Soil Survey Division, NZ Soil Bureau, Landcare Research and Manaaki Whenua Press.

Browse titles

Additional resources including the Visual Soil Assessment (VSA) guides

Other soil publications

Manaaki Whenua science publications, corporate publications, innovation stories, newsletters, factsheets, books and monographs.

Check out our other soil publications

Stay up-to-date with our research

Soil Horizons, a newsletter to communicate our work in soil-related research to stakeholders, customers and colleagues is published annually.

Topics covered by Soil Horizons include soil quality, land rehabilitation, impacts of wastewaters, nitrates, pesticides and heavy metals on the environment, cropland erosion and soil degradation, non-point source pollution on land and water resources and greenhouse gases.

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