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Hagley Park is the largest urban open space (164.637 hectares) [1] in Christchurch, New Zealand, and was established in 1855 by the Provincial Government.According to the government's decree at that time, Hagley Park is "reserved forever as a public park, and shall be open for the recreation and enjoyment of the public."
Canterbury is also New Zealand's main producer of cereal crops such as wheat, barley and oats. [36] As of 2002, the region produced 60.7% of the nation's supply of wheat, 51.1% of its barley stocks and 43.7% of its supply of oats. [35] Canterbury has 25,065 hectares of horticultural land, the largest area in New Zealand.
When records began in 1974, new homes in New Zealand had an average floor area of 120 m 2 (1,290 sq ft). Average new home sizes rose to peak at 200 m 2 (2,150 sq ft) in 2010, before falling to 158 m 2 (1,700 sq ft) in 2019. [17] In 1966 the New Zealand Encyclopedia recognised seven basic designs of New Zealand houses. [18]
Increasingly larger container ships have been introduced internationally over the last 20 years. The proportion of ships of 4,000–5,999 TEU (twenty-foot-equivalent unit containers) arriving in New Zealand almost doubled from 34% to 62% between 2014 and 2020. By 2020, approximately 50% of containers moved through CentrePort were on cargo ships ...
This is about 30% of New Zealand's land area or about 8 million hectares of native forests, tussocklands, alpine areas, wetlands, dunelands, estuaries, lakes and islands, national forests, maritime parks, marine reserves, nearly 4000 reserves, river margins, some coastline, and many offshore islands.
New Zealand has around 125,200 hectares (309,000 acres) of horticultural land. Total horticultural exports in 2019 were valued at $6,200 million, of which $4,938 million (79.6%) come from three products: kiwifruit, wine, and apples. [41]
Funding from the New Zealand government and the Ashburton District Council for a new rail freight hub was provided in October 2021. The project will move the rail container terminal from the centre of Ashburton to Fairton. The project is expected to be complete by the end of 2022, and has an estimated cost of $14M.
A true-colour image of the South Island, after a powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on 12 June 2006 Lake Ōhau Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. The South Island , with an area of 150,437 km 2 (58,084 sq mi), [ 1 ] is the largest landmass of New Zealand; it contains about one-quarter of the New Zealand ...