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Kōrero: Soils and regional land use

Heretaunga orchards

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Heretaunga orchards

The Heretaunga Plains is one of the main orcharding areas in New Zealand, but needs regular irrigation to support commercial crops.

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GNS Science

Reference: 34173/21

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Allan Gillingham, Soils and regional land use – Lower North Island, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17101/heretaunga-orchards (accessed 30 June 2026).

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