New Zealand Dairy Statistics 2010-11 - LIC

Table 5.8 compares the number (and percentage) of owner-operators with sharemilkers by region.
Table 5.8: Operating structure by region in 2010/11
Farming region Owneroperators
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New Zealand Dairy Statistics 2010-11
Owneroperators
%
All
share-milkers
All
share-milkers
%
50/50
share-milkers
50/50
share-milkers
%
Variable order
share-milkers
Variable order
share-milkers
%
Total herds
Northland 697 9.1 233 5.7 128 5.7 105 5.8 930
Auckland 286 3.7 160 3.9 98 4.4 62 3.4 446
Waikato 2,243 29.2 1,323 32.6 861 38.3 462 25.5 3,566
Bay of Plenty 404 5.3 196 4.8 111 4.9 85 4.7 600
Central Plateau 301 3.9 159 3.9 91 4.0 68 3.8 460
Western Uplands 57 0.7 26 0.6 16 0.7 10 0.6 83
East Coast 8 0.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 9
Hawkes Bay 59 0.8 12 0.3 8 0.4 4 0.2 71
Taranaki 1,027 13.4 717 17.7 359 16.0 358 19.8 1,744
Manawatu 409 5.3 159 3.9 76 3.4 83 4.6 568
Wairarapa 339 4.4 131 3.2 67 3.0 64 3.5 470
North Island 5,830 75.9 3,117 76.8 1,815 80.7 1,302 72.0 8,947
Nelson/Marlborough 198 2.6 43 1.1 21 0.9 22 1.2 241
West Coast 282 3.7 90 2.2 40 1.8 50 2.8 372
North Canterbury 465 6.1 211 5.2 113 5.0 98 5.4 676
South Canterbury 163 2.1 83 2.0 31 1.4 52 2.9 246
Otago 196 2.6 185 4.6 84 3.7 101 5.6 381
Southland 543 7.1 329 8.1 145 6.4 184 10.2 872
South Island 1,847 24.1 941 23.2 434 19.3 507 28.0 2,788
New Zealand 7,677 100.0 4,058 100.0 2,249 100.0 1,809 100.0 11,735