How to use this dashboard

You can use this dashboard to explore New Zealand and regional:

  • current and historic land use, including forestry
  • plantation forest resources
  • wood availability and wood markets
  • economic impacts of forestry and wood processing.

The dashboard shows data in 2 different geographic areas.

  • Wood supply regions: used for information about exotic forests, wood availability forecasts, log exports, and domestic log use.
  • Regional councils: used for information about land cover, land use capability, gross domestic product (GDP), and workforce data.

The boundaries of wood supply regions and regional councils do not line up exactly. When data from regional councils is added together, the totals may be different from the totals reported for a wood supply region. For example, the combined totals for the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regional councils may not match the total for the Central North Island wood supply region.

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Data sources for the dashboard

Data set Source Data last updated
Land Use Capability (LUC) LUCAS NZ Land Use Map 2020 v005 – Ministry for the Environment 2020
Land Cover Database (LCDB) LCDB v6.0 - Land Cover Database version 6.0, Mainland, New Zealand (Land Resources Information Service) – Landcare Research 2023
National Exotic Forest Description (NEFD) Download the 2025 NEFD tables [XLSX, 100 KB] April 2025
Wood Availability Forecast Wood Availability Forecast 2021-2060 - Data Tables [XLSX, 211 KB] August 2021
Forest Growers Levy statistics Levy Statistics - Forest Growers Levy Trust Inc. December 2025
Overseas merchandise trade Overseas merchandise trade – Stats NZ December 2025
Gross Domestic Product Regional gross domestic product: Year ended March 2025 – Stats NZ March 2025
Workforce business demography statistics New Zealand business demography statistics: At February 2024 – Stats NZ February 2025
Workforce – Aotearoa data explorer Aotearoa Data Explorer - Geographic units by area (TA and RC) and industry 2000-2025 – Stats NZ February 2025

Wood supply regions and their ports

Wood supply region New Zealand port
Northland Auckland, Whangārei (Northport)
Hawke’s Bay Napier
Central North Island Hamilton, Tauranga
East Coast Gisborne
Southern North Island New Plymouth, Wellington
Nelson and Marlborough Nelson, Picton
Canterbury Lyttelton, Timaru
West Coast No major sea port in the region (exports typically move via ports in other regions)
Otago and Southland Dunedin (Port Chalmers), Invercargill (Bluff)

Questions?

If you have any questions about the dashboard or how to use it, email teururakau@mpi.govt.nz