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South Island soils

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South Island soils

The South Island is dominated by Podzol soils in the west, Brown and Pallic soils in the east, and semi-arid Brown stony soils in Central Otago. Each has different fertiliser requirements.

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Source: Les Molloy, Soils in the New Zealand landscape: the living mantle. 2nd ed. Lincoln: New Zealand Society of Soil Science, 1998, p. 231

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Ants Roberts, Fertiliser industry – What is fertiliser?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/17953/south-island-soils (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Ants Roberts, published 1 March 2009.