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Kōrero: Pastures

Expansion of pasture

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Expansion of pasture

The period between 1871 and 1911 saw the most rapid expansion of sown pasture in the history of New Zealand. The all-time peak was about 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares), in the first half of the 20th century. However the area in pasture declined from 1972.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Deric Charlton, Pastures – Creating pastures, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/graph/16154/expansion-of-pasture (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Deric Charlton, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.