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Kōrero: Soils and regional land use

Market gardens, Pukekohe

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Market gardens, Pukekohe

Pukekohe is the largest vegetable-growing region in New Zealand. With good management, these volcanic soils can cope with repeated cultivation and cropping.

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Allan Gillingham, Soils and regional land use – South Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17089/market-gardens-pukekohe (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Allan Gillingham, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.