Story: Soils

More links and websites

• New Zealand soils portal

  This site is a window to information on soil analyses, descriptions, maps, and the national soils database.

• Soil Science online

  This is the website of the New Zealand Society of Soil Science.

More suggestions and sources

• Hewitt, A. E. Methods and rationale of the New Zealand soil classification. Landcare Research Science Series 2. Lincoln: Landcare Research New Zealand, 1993.
• Hewitt, A. E. New Zealand soil classification. 2nd ed. Landcare Research Science Series 1. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua, 1998.
• Milne, J. D. G., and others. Soil description handbook. Rev. ed. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua, 1995.
• Molloy, Les. Soils in the New Zealand landscape: the living mantle. 2nd ed. Lincoln: New Zealand Society of Soil Science, 1998.
• Taylor, N. H. Soil map of New Zealand. New Zealand Soil Bureau Map 280. Wellington: New Zealand Soil Bureau, 1948.
• Taylor, N. H., and I. J. Pohlen. Soil survey method: a New Zealand handbook for the field study of soils. Soil Bureau Bulletin 25. Wellington: New Zealand Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1962.