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Kōrero: Soil investigation

Otago soil map

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Otago soil map

This is a section of a Central Otago soil map, completed by Ferrar and his team in a major survey made between 1926 and 1929. One outcome was to modify a proposed irrigation scheme, as it was shown that some soils were liable to become waterlogged, and salination (enrichment in salt) was likely in some areas.

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GNS Science

Source: H. T. Ferrar, ‘The soils of the irrigation areas in Central Otago.’ New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 33 (1929)

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

P. J. Tonkin, Soil investigation – Early investigations and bush sickness: 1900–1930, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/14185/otago-soil-map (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā P. J. Tonkin, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.