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The Development Of New Zealand

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New Zealand is a country which for the most part is made up of hills and mountains area. These hilly and mountainous natures cover about 18 million hectares in land. This means that about 69% of the country land has slopes greater than 12°, and got the country to be nicknamed the ‘hill country’. This 69% hilly land is further divided into two based on the sloppiness of the land. The land with slope between 12–28° is called ‘hill-land’; thus, the land whose slope exceeds 28° is themed ‘steepland’ (DSIR 1980). The diversity in New Zealand’s ‘hill country’ physical regimes creates ranges of slope and altitude, coupled with a extensive latitudinal range, a mid-oceanic setting surrounding the subtropical with cooling moderate climates, and complex geologic and tectonic regimes. As a consequence of this diversity, the productive potential of New Zealand’s’ hill country, and its response to climatic events, created the use of sustainable land us act to be used across the country.

Out of these 18 million hectares, 6.3 million hectares in the North Island comprises of majorly soft rock and crushed soft rock terrain (Mclvor, Douglas, Dymond, Eyles and Marden. 2011). About 23% of the 18 million is made up of volcanic ash and loess-mantled terrain comprises largely on the periphery of the Central Volcanic Zone. Also, 14.5% of the available land is Hard rock hill country, which is exclusive of the igneous hard rock is largely strenuous on the margins of the axial ranges. Whereas the

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