27 Mar 2024

North Island has over half of NZ's erosion prone land

From Midday Report, 12:42 pm on 27 March 2024

A fresh snapshot of erosion prone land shows more than half of the country's most erodible areas are located in the North Island despite the North Island only making up 43 percent of total land area.

Stats NZ has been analysing changes to the country's erodible land and long-term soil erosion. 

Stats NZ environment and agricultural manager Stuart Jones spoke to Charlotte Cook.