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Kōrero: Soil investigation

Drafting a soil map

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Drafting a soil map

By the 1950s some aspects of soil surveying had changed little since the beginning of the century. Here, Bill Rennie painstakingly drafts a map.

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Landcare Research – Manaaki Whenua

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

P. J. Tonkin, Soil investigation – DSIR soil science: 1930–1950, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14190/drafting-a-soil-map (accessed 4 June 2026).

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