In New Zealand an ecological district is defined as a particular geographical region that has a characteristic landscape and range of biological communities.[1] They were developed after a need was seen for Protected Natural Areas.[2]
List
Initially 268 ecological districts within 85 ecological regions were defined.[3] At a later stage there was a reallocation of some of the ecological districts.
| Region
|
District
|
Code
|
| Kermadec
|
Kermadec
|
1.01
|
| Three Kings
|
Three Kings
|
2.01
|
| Te Paki
|
Te Paki
|
3.01
|
| Aupouri
|
Aupouri
|
4.01
|
| Western Northland
|
| Maungataniwha
|
5.01
|
| Hokianga
|
5.02
|
| Tutamoe
|
5.03
|
| Tangihua
|
5.04
|
| Eastern Northland
|
| Eastern Northland and Islands
|
6.01
|
| Taranga
|
6.02
|
| Poor Knights
|
Poor Knights
|
7.01
|
| Kaipara
|
Kaipara
|
8.01
|
| Auckland
|
| Rodney
|
9.01
|
| Waitakere
|
9.02
|
| Tamaki
|
9.03
|
| Rangitoto
|
9.04
|
| Inner Gulf Islands
|
9.05
|
| Awhitu
|
9.06
|
| Manukau
|
9.07
|
| Hunua
|
9.08
|
| Coromandel
|
| Little Barrier
|
10.01
|
| Great Barrier
|
10.02
|
| Colville
|
10.03
|
| Mercury Islands
|
10.04
|
| Thames
|
10.05
|
| Tairua
|
10.06
|
| Waihi
|
10.07
|
| Te Aroha
|
10.08
|
| Mayor
|
10.09
|
| Waikato
|
| Meremere
|
11.01
|
| Hapuakohe
|
11.02
|
| Hauraki
|
11.03
|
| Hamilton
|
11.04
|
| Hinuera
|
11.05
|
| Maungatautari
|
11.06
|
| Waipa
|
11.07
|
| Tainui
|
| Raglan
|
12.01
|
| Kawhia
|
12.02
|
| Herangi
|
12.03
|
| Northern Volcanic Plateau
|
| Motiti
|
13.01
|
| Tauranga
|
13.02
|
| Otanewainuku
|
13.03
|
| Rotorua
|
13.04
|
| White Island
|
13.05
|
| Whakatane
|
| Te Teko
|
14.01
|
| Taneatua
|
14.02
|
| Opotiki
|
14.03
|
| Western Volcanic Plateau
|
| Ranginui
|
15.01
|
| Pureora
|
15.02
|
| Tokoroa
|
15.03
|
| Central Volcanic Plateau
|
| Atiamuri
|
16.01
|
| Taupo
|
16.02
|
| Eastern Volcanic Plateau
|
| Kaingaroa
|
17.01
|
| Whirinaki
|
17.02
|
| Tongariro
|
Tongariro
|
18.01
|
| Raukumara
|
| Waioeka
|
19.01
|
| Motu
|
19.02
|
| East Cape
|
| Pukeamaru
|
20.01
|
| Waiapu
|
20.02
|
| Turanga
|
20.03
|
| Urewera
|
| Waimana
|
21.01
|
| Ikawhenua
|
21.02
|
| Waikaremoana
|
21.03
|
| Wairoa
|
| Tiniroto
|
22.01
|
| Mahia
|
22.02
|
| Waihua
|
22.03
|
| King Country
|
| Waitomo
|
23.01
|
| Taumarunui
|
23.02
|
| Taranaki
|
| North Taranaki
|
24.01
|
| Matemateāonga
|
24.02
|
| Egmont
|
Egmont
|
25.01
|
| Moawhango
|
Moawhango
|
26.01
|
| Kaimanawa
|
Kaimanawa
|
27.01
|
| Ruahine
|
Ruahine
|
28.01
|
| Hawkes Bay
|
| Maungaharuru
|
29.01
|
| Heretaunga
|
29.02
|
| Rangitikei
|
Rangitikei
|
30.01
|
| Manawatu
|
| Manawatu Plains
|
31.01
|
| Foxton
|
31.02
|
| Manawatu Gorge
|
| Manawatu Gorge North
|
32.01
|
| Manawatu Gorge South
|
32.02
|
| Pahiatua
|
| Woodville
|
33.01
|
| Puketoi
|
33.02
|
| Eastern Hawkes Bay
|
Eastern Hawkes Bay
|
34.01
|
| Eastern Wairarapa
|
Eastern Wairarapa
|
35.01
|
| Wairarapa Plains
|
Wairarapa Plains
|
36.01
|
| Aorangi
|
Aorangi
|
37.01
|
| Tararua
|
Tararua
|
38.01
|
| Sounds-Wellington
|
| Wellington
|
39.01
|
| Cook Strait
|
39.02
|
| Sounds
|
39.03
|
| D'Urville
|
39.04
|
| Richmond
|
| Pelorus
|
40.01
|
| Para
|
40.02
|
| Fishtail
|
40.03
|
| Wairau
|
| Blenheim
|
41.01
|
| Wither Hills
|
41.02
|
| Grassmere
|
41.03
|
| Flaxbourne
|
41.04
|
| Hillersden
|
41.05
|
| Inland Marlborough
|
| Waihopai
|
42.01
|
| Medway
|
42.02
|
| Bounds
|
42.03
|
| George
|
42.04
|
| Molesworth
|
| Sedgemere
|
43.01
|
| Balaclava
|
43.02
|
| Miromiro
|
43.03
|
| Clarence
|
| Tapuaenuku
|
44.01
|
| Dillon
|
44.02
|
| Manakau
|
44.03
|
| Kaikoura
|
| Kekerengu
|
45.01
|
| Aniseed
|
45.02
|
| Kowhai
|
45.03
|
| North-West Nelson
|
| West Whanganui
|
46.01
|
| Wakamarama
|
46.02
|
| Golden Bay
|
46.03
|
| Totaranui
|
46.04
|
| Heaphy
|
46.05
|
| Wangapeka
|
46.06
|
| Arthur
|
46.07
|
| Karamea
|
46.08
|
| Matiri
|
46.09
|
| Nelson
|
| Motueka
|
47.01
|
| Moutere
|
47.02
|
| Bryant
|
47.03
|
| Red Hills
|
47.04
|
| North Westland
|
| Ngakawau
|
48.01
|
| Foulwind
|
48.02
|
| Buller
|
48.03
|
| Reefton
|
48.04
|
| Punakaiki
|
48.05
|
| Maimai
|
48.06
|
| Totara Flat
|
48.07
|
| Blackball
|
48.08
|
| Hochstetter
|
48.09
|
| Greymouth
|
48.10
|
| Brunner
|
48.11
|
|
| Region
|
District
|
Code
|
| Spenser
|
| Rotoroa
|
49.01
|
| Travers
|
49.02
|
| Ella
|
49.03
|
| Lewis
|
49.04
|
| Hope
|
49.05
|
| Whataroa
|
| Hokitika
|
50.01
|
| Whitcombe
|
50.02
|
| Harihari
|
50.03
|
| Wilberg
|
50.04
|
| Waiho
|
50.05
|
| Glaciers
|
50.06
|
| Karangarua
|
50.07
|
| Mahitahi
|
50.08
|
| Aspiring
|
| Paringa
|
51.01
|
| Mataketake
|
51.02
|
| Landsborough
|
51.03
|
| Haast
|
51.04
|
| Okuru
|
51.05
|
| Arawata
|
51.06
|
| Dart
|
51.07
|
| Lowry
|
| Hundalee
|
52.01
|
| Leslie
|
52.02
|
| Culverden
|
52.03
|
| Waiau
|
52.04
|
| Cheviot
|
52.05
|
| Motunau
|
52.06
|
| Waikari
|
52.07
|
| Hawdon
|
| Minchin
|
53.01
|
| Arthur's Pass
|
53.02
|
| Puketeraki
|
| Sumner
|
54.01
|
| Poulter
|
54.02
|
| Cass
|
54.03
|
| Torlesse
|
54.04
|
| Craigieburn
|
54.05
|
| Coleridge
|
54.06
|
| Canterbury Foothills
|
| Ashley
|
55.01
|
| Oxford
|
55.02
|
| Whitecliffs
|
55.03
|
| Canterbury Plains
|
| High Plains
|
56.01
|
| Low Plains
|
56.02
|
| Ellesmere
|
56.03
|
| Banks
|
| Port Hills
|
57.01
|
| Herbert
|
57.02
|
| Akaroa
|
57.03
|
| D'archiac
|
| Browning
|
58.01
|
| Armoury
|
58.02
|
| Mt Cook
|
58.03
|
| Heron
|
| Mathias
|
59.01
|
| Mt Mutt
|
59.02
|
| Arrowsmith
|
59.03
|
| Hakatere
|
59.04
|
| Two Thumb
|
59.05
|
| Tasman
|
| Godley
|
60.01
|
| Dobson
|
60.02
|
| Pareora
|
| Orari
|
61.01
|
| Fairlie
|
61.02
|
| Geraldine
|
61.03
|
| Hunters
|
61.04
|
| Waimate
|
61.05
|
| Hakataramea
|
61.06
|
| Wainono
|
| Makikihi
|
62.01
|
| Glenavy
|
62.02
|
| Oamaru
|
62.03
|
| Mackenzie
|
| Tekapo
|
63.01
|
| Pukaki
|
63.02
|
| Ben Ohau
|
63.03
|
| Grampians
|
63.04
|
| Ahuriri
|
63.05
|
| Omarama
|
63.06
|
| Benmore
|
63.07
|
| Waitaki
|
| Kirkliston
|
64.01
|
| St Mary
|
64.02
|
| Hawkdun
|
64.03
|
| St Bathans
|
64.04
|
| Kakanui
|
| Duntroon
|
65.01
|
| Dansey
|
65.02
|
| Waianakarua
|
65.03
|
| Lakes
|
| Huxley
|
66.01
|
| Wanaka
|
66.02
|
| Richardson
|
66.03
|
| Shotover
|
66.04
|
| Remarkables
|
66.05
|
| Central Otago
|
| Lindis
|
67.01
|
| Pisa
|
67.02
|
| Dunstan
|
67.03
|
| Maniototo
|
67.04
|
| Old Man
|
67.05
|
| Manorburn
|
67.06
|
| Rock and Pillar
|
67.07
|
| Lammerlaw
|
| Macraes
|
68.01
|
| Waipori
|
68.02
|
| Tapanui
|
68.03
|
| Lawrence
|
68.04
|
| Otago Coast
|
| Waikouaiti
|
69.01
|
| Dunedin
|
69.02
|
| Tokomairiro
|
69.03
|
| Balclutha
|
69.04
|
| Catlins
|
| Waipahi
|
70.01
|
| Tahakopa
|
70.02
|
| Olivine
|
| Cascade
|
71.01
|
| Pyke
|
71.02
|
| Fiord
|
| Darran
|
72.01
|
| Doubtful
|
72.02
|
| Te Anau
|
72.03
|
| Preservation
|
72.04
|
| Mavora
|
| Livingstone
|
73.01
|
| Eyre
|
73.02
|
| Upukerora
|
73.03
|
| Waikaia
|
| Nokomai
|
74.01
|
| Umbrella
|
74.02
|
| Gore
|
Gore
|
75.01
|
| Southland Hills
|
| Takitimu
|
76.01
|
| Taringatura
|
76.02
|
| Hokonui
|
76.03
|
| Te Wae Wae
|
| Waitutu
|
77.01
|
| Tuatapere
|
77.02
|
| Longwood
|
77.03
|
| Makarewa
|
| Southland Plains
|
78.01
|
| Waituna
|
78.02
|
| Rakiura
|
| Foveaux
|
79.01
|
| Anglem
|
79.02
|
| Freshwater
|
79.03
|
| Mt Allen
|
79.04
|
| Solanders
|
79.05
|
| Snares
|
79.06
|
| Chathams
|
Chathams
|
80.01
|
| Bounty
|
Bounty
|
81.01
|
| Antipodes
|
Antipodes
|
82.01
|
| Auckland Islands
|
Auckland Islands
|
83.01
|
| Campbell
|
Campbell
|
84.01
|
| Macquarie
|
Macquarie
|
85.01
|
|
See also
References
- ^ Park, Geoff; Biological Resources Centre (N.Z.) (1983). Protected natural areas for New Zealand: report of a scientific working party convened by the Biological Resources Centre, DSIR, 14-17 December 1982.
- ^ Norton, D.A.; F.B. Overmars (2012). "FORUM ARTICLE". New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 36 (1): 108–120.
- ^ McEwen, W. Mary; Biological Resources Centre (N.Z.), New Zealand. Dept. of Conservation. (1987). Ecological regions and districts of New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.: Dept. of Conservation. ISBN 0-478-01000-1.
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