Land and soil data

We are improving New Zealand’s land and soil data. Discover how land and soil are monitored and reported on, and our data improvement projects.

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Land and soil data

The following links provide land and/or soil data that support work at the Ministry:

Land Air Water Aotearoa (LAWA)

Environmental data portal through a partnership between local & central government and research and data providers.

See LAWA for more information

S-Map, the digital soil map for New Zealand

Digital soil map and information, including basic soil properties and more complex data

See S-Map Online [Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research]

The New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI) Land Use Capability (LUC) mapping and classification system

A system to classify land according to the properties that determine its capability for long-term sustainable production and assess physical factors critical for long-term land use and management

See the LRIS portal [Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research]

Environmental indicators

Indicators providing technical information, statistics and trends on the state of Land

See Land indicators [Stats NZ]

National Monitoring System (NMS) on RMA implementation

Information from New Zealand’s 78 local government councils on processes under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA), including on resource consents.

See the National monitoring system for more information

Other Ministry resources

We can make available a variety of soil carbon data sets obtained from both historical sources and ground-based field inventories.

Email the team for information and access to soil carbon data.

 

Improving land and soil data

We continuously work to update and improve land and soil data, to address data and knowledge gaps and policy needs. This includes ongoing support for:

  • environmental indicators
  • targeted science and data procurements

Recent improvements