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‘New Zealand has soil!’

‘New Zealand has soil!’

The importance of New Zealand’s high-quality soils to farming is often overlooked. The DSIR Soil Bureau produced this poster in 1980 to mark its golden jubilee – at a time when there was an effort to increase oil exploration in New Zealand because of soaring overseas oil prices.

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Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

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P. J. Tonkin. 'Soil investigation', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/soil-investigation/4/2