New Zealand Soil Classification

New Zealand Soil Classification

4^th edition

Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd

Landcare Research Science Series No. 1

© Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd 2025

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Cataloguing in publication:

HEWITT, A.E. and NZSC Working Group
New Zealand soil classification / A.E. Hewitt. – 4th edition – Lincoln, N.Z.:
Manaaki Whenua Press 2025.
(Landcare Research science series, ISSN 1172-269X; no.1)
ISBN 978-0-478-34710-4 1

Soils – New Zealand – Classification. I.
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. II. Title. III. Series.

UDC 631.44 (931)

First published as DSIR Land Resources Scientific Report No.19, 1992. Reprinted with corrections as Landcare Research Science Series No. 1, 1998 (2^nd edition) and Landcare Research Science Series No. 1, 2010 (3^rd edition). This is the 4th edition with further updates and corrections.

First edition editing and desktop publishing by A.D. Pritchard and printing by The Caxton Press.

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This is the 4^th edition of the New Zealand Soil Classification (NZSC).

Introductory information about the NZSC is available at The New Zealand Soils Portal.