Climate and soil research data This is a joint project between
Kaipara District Council, Far North Council, NIWA, Land
Research, Crop and Food Research, and Horticulture Research to
identify potential land-use change in the Hokianga and Western
Kaipara Region. Climate, Soil, and Crop Information for
Identifying Potential Land-Use Change in the Hokianga and
Western Kaipara Region This document contains information
collected as part of a project to broadly map the climate and
interpret the soils in the western Kaipara and Hokianga regions
of Northland, in order to identify potential cropping areas. It
is a companion document to several maps of the climate, soil,
and suitability of selected crops, which can be accessed by
hyperlinks contained within the text. The crops examined in this
study are peanut, M‚ori potato, manuka (for oil), banana, mate
tea, avocado, cherimoya, fig, blueberry, and hydrangea. It is
shown that there is potential for growing all of these crops in
at least some part of the study region. I