Land use in the Takaka catchment
Introduction
This report was produced by Federated Farmers of New Zealand for the purposes of Te Waikoropupu Springs Water Conservation Order Hearing. Data included in this report indicates property boundaries with associated land use types and may be commercially sensitive. Data must only be used for the purposes of the hearing and associated legal proceedings.
Methodology
The summary of land use and map was produced using a geographic information system (GIS). The system used to produce this report was ArcGIS Pro 2.1.2 (Esri inc., 2017).
The Takaka Catchment boundary was provided by Tasman District Council (30 April 2018).
Land use within the Takaka Catchment was identified using Agribase (AsureQuality, March 2018). Agribase is a voluntary database and as such there are areas within the catchment that do not have an identified land use. Also land use may have changed on specific properties since the property last updated their information.
Summary
The area of the Takaka Catchment is 93,612ha, of which 89,456ha is summarised here. The area not included is likely a combination of urban, lifestyle blocks, farms not registered with Agribase, and blocks of native bush.
After native bush, dairying is the most common land use, followed by the combined pastoral meat and wool production types (beef, deer, sheep, sheep and beef – 7,734ha).
Land Use Type
Area (ha) Number of properties
Native Bush 68303.4 18
Dairy 8204.7 38
Sheep and Beef
3375.6 17
Forestry 2313.6 24
Sheep 2173.3 13
Beef 2028.5 40
Lifestyle 776.5 132
Grazier 739.9 12
Not Farmed 491.2 7
Unknown 476.6 10
Fruit 245.4 14
Deer 156.6 2
Alpaca 35.5 1
Piggery 29.9 1
Arable 29.7 2
Tourism 28.9 3
Horses 13.7 1
Fishery 12.5 2
Viticulture 11.2 1
Nursery 9.8 1
