Land uses
New Zealand had 2m acres of land suitable for horticulture or intensive food production, when in fact only 40,000 to 50,000 acres were used for this purpose, said Mr P. Yeoman, a consulting engineer, when asked, at a Waimairi County Council town-planning hearing yesterday, to justify the use of good land for housing. On the figures, he said, urban demand would have a very minor effect on food production.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33093, 7 December 1972, Page 18
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