Kōrero: Soil investigation

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

• growOTAGO online maps

  Online soil information in projects like growOTAGO is likely to become more common in future.

• New Zealand Society of Soil Science

  Website of the New Zealand Society of Soil Science, including news, publications and a portal to soil science on the Web.

• S-MAP online

  A description of the S-MAP soil mapping project, run by Landcare Research.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

• Adams, J., ed. Jubilee reminiscences: fifty years of soil science memories. New Zealand Society of Soil Science Occasional Publication 3. Lincoln: New Zealand Society of Soil Science, 2002.
• Tonkin, P. J. ‘A history of soil survey and selected aspects of soil conservation in New Zealand.’ New Zealand Soil News 55 (2007): 59–71; 102–115.
• McCaskill, L. W. Hold this land: a history of soil conservation in New Zealand. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1973.
• Molloy, Les, compiler. Land alone endures: land use and the role of research. Wellington: DSIR, 1980.
• Molloy, Les. Soils in the New Zealand landscape: the living mantle. 2nd ed. Lincoln: New Zealand Society of Soil Science, 1998.
• Simmonds, H., and others. A brief history of Soil Bureau. Wellington: DSIR, 1980.