Soil Bureau Bulletins

These bulletins present detailed information of major soil surveys on areas of importance to agriculture, forestry or urban development. They were published from 1945-1979 and are usually accompanied by one or more maps and an extended legend.

Note: Hyperlinks to electronic copy have been inserted, where available. Volumes missing from list have not been published.

No.	Year	Title	Author(s)	Digital resources
1	1945	SOIL EROSION in NZ. Part 1. Southern half of North Island.	L.I. Grange & H.S. Gibbs	Report
2	1950	Soil and agriculture of WESTLAND, NZ.	R.S. Gibbs, A.D. Mercer and T.W. Collie	Report
5	1954	General survey of the soils of NORTH ISLAND, New Zealand.	NZ Soil Bureau	Report
6	1952	Soils and their utilisation. GREEN ISLAND-KAITANGATA DISTRICT.	Wright, J. Richards, W.R. Lobb, R.B. Miller	Report
7	1952	Soils of SOUTH-WEST FIORDLAND.	A.C.S. Wright and R.B. Miller	Report
8	1953	Soils of the LOWER COOK GROUP.	L.I. Grange and J.P. Fox	Report
9	1953	Soils and agriculture of AWATERE, KAIKOURA & PART OF MARLBOROUGH COUNTIES.	H.S. Gibbs and J.P. Beggs	Report
10	1959	Soils of RAOUL (SUNDAY) ISLAND, Kermadec Group.	A.C.S. Wright and A.J. Metson	Report
11	1954	Soils and agriculture of MATAKAOA COUNTY, New Zealand.	H.S. Gibbs	Report
12	1956	Methods of Chemical Analysis for Soil Survey Samples.	A.J. Metson	Report
13	1959	Soils and agriculture of PART GERALDINE COUNTY, New Zealand.	J.D. Raeside, M. Cameron and R.B. Miller	Report
14	1967	Soils of the DOWNS AND PLAINS, CANTERBURY AND NORTH OTAGO, NZ.	B.S. Kear, H.S. Gibbs and R.B. Miller	Report \| Soil map (updated)
15	1957	Soils of the LOWER CLUTHA PLAINS.	E.J.B. Cutler, J. Richards and T.W. Collie	Report
16	1958	Soils and agriculture of OROUA DOWNS, TAIKOREA, AND GLEN OROUA DISTRICTS, Manawatu County.	J.D. Cowie & B.A.J. Smith	Report
17	1965	Soils and agriculture of NIUE ISLAND.	A.C.S. Wright and F.J. van Westerndorp	Report
18	1960	Soils, forestry and agriculture of the northern part, KAINGAROA STATE FOREST & THE GALATEA BASIN.	C.G. Vucetich, M.L. Leamy and M.A. Popplewell	Report \| Soil map
19	1959	Soils of CHATHAM ISLAND (REKOHU).	A.C.S. Wright	Report
20	1962	Soils and agriculture of GISBORNE PLAINS.	W.A. Pullar	Report
21	1964	Soils and agriculture of ELLESMERE COUNTY, Canterbury, New Zealand.	W.T. Ward, C.S. Harris and H.P. Schapper	Report
22	1963	Soils and land use of WESTERN SAMOA.	A.C.S. Wright	Report
23	1966	Soils and related irrigation problems of PART OF MANIOTOTO PLAINS, Otago.	J.D. Raeside, E.J.B. Cutler & R.B. Miller	Report
24	1964	Soils of ALEXANDRA DISTRICT.	J.D. McCraw	Report
25	1979	SOIL SURVEY METHOD. A NZ handbook for the field study of soils. 2nd edition.	N.H. Taylor & I.J. Pohlen	Report
26	1968	SOILS OF NEW ZEALAND. Part 1 Chapters 1- 5 142 p. (+ 2 maps) Part 2 Chapters 6-10 211 p. Part 3 Chapter 11 127 p. (+ 52 plates)	NZ Soil Bureau	Reports: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
27	1968	General survey of the soils of SOUTH ISLAND, NZ.	NZ Soil Bureau	Report
28	1967	Soils & land use in the UPPER CLUTHA VALLEY, Otago.	M.L. Leamy and W.M.H. Saunders	Report
29	1967	Soils of the MANAWATU-RANGITIKEI SAND COUNTRY.	J.D. Cowie, P. Fitzgerald and W. Owers	Report \| Soil map
30	1966	Soils & agriculture of WAIMEA COUNTY, NZ.	E.T. Chittenden, L. Hodgson, K.H. Dodson	Report
31	1978	Soils, agriculture, and forestry of WAIOTAPU REGION, Central North Island, New Zealand.	C.G. Vucetich & N. Wells	Report
32	1973	Soils of TAITA EXPERIMENTAL STATION.	I.A.E. Atkinson	Report
33	1978	Soils and agriculture of KAIRANGA COUNTY, North Island, NZ.	J.D. Cowie	Report
34	1978	Soils and agriculture of PART PAPARUA COUNTY, Canterbury, NZ.	J.E. Cox	Report \| Soil map
35	1974	Soils of PART OF THE PORT HILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS, Canterbury, NZ.	E. Griffiths	Report \| Soil map
36	1974	Soils & land use of MID MANUHERIKIA VALLEY, Central Otago, NZ.	G.E. Orbell	Report
37	1977	Soils of WAIKOUAITI COUNTY, Otago, New Zealand.	I.B. Campbell	Report
38	1978	Soils and land use of WHAKATANE BOROUGH & ENVIRONS, Bay of Plenty, NZ.	W.A. Pullar, S.R. Hewitt & J.C. Heine	Report
39	1978	Soil Survey of PART TAIERI UPLANDS, Otago, NZ.	J.M. Ragg and R.B. Miller	Report
40	1977	Soils of PART WANGANUI COUNTY, North Island, NZ.	I.B. Campbell	Report \| Soil map
41	1978	Soils of PART RAGLAN COUNTY, South Auckland, NZ.	J.G. Bruce	Report \| Soil map
42	1977	Soils of POHANGINA COUNTY, North Island, New Zealand.	W.C. Rijkse	Report

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