Waikato regional economic profile - Waikato Regional Council

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In May 2009, DairyNZ launched the Strategy for New Zealand Dairy Farming, whichguides the investment and activities of the industry until 2020. The strategy has fivedesired outcomes:Increasing farm profitability.Talented people are attracted to, and retained by, the industry.An internationally competitive milk supply maximises return to farmers.Industry reputation enhanced locally and globally.Achievement of shared goals through genuine partnership between industry,government and the wider community. 45DairyNZ considers that the industry could make an even bigger contribution to NewZealand’s economy by earning greater market returns through higher value productsand producing more milk to a higher standard, with a lower environmental footprint at acost-competitive price.3.3.2 Livestock and cropping farming 46There were 515,358 beef cattle in the Waikato region as at June 2011, accounting forapproximately 13.4 per cent of New Zealand’s total, the third-highest regional totalnationally behind Manawatu-Wanganui (593,632 beef cattle) and Canterbury (517,760)according to the Statistics New Zealand Agricultural Production Census. There werealso more than 1.8 million sheep (5.9 per cent and the sixth-highest regional total),76,961 deer (7.1 per cent and the fifth-highest regional total) and 43, 941 pigs (13.4 percent and the second-highest regional total behind Canterbury, which had 176,693pigs).The Waikato region accounted for approximately 5.3 per cent of New Zealand’s totalhorticultural land area in 2007, the seventh-highest region nationally according to theStatistics New Zealand Agricultural Production Census. The major regions wereHawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Canterbury and Bay of Plenty. The major crops in theWaikato region were onions (32.2 per cent of area planted nationally), asparagus (22.8per cent), potatoes (20.1 per cent), berryfruit (13.6 per cent), cucumber (28.9 per centof square metres indoor nationally), tomatoes (28.4 per cent) and flowers, bulbs etc(15.8 per cent). 47Livestock or crop farming directlycontributes 1.4 per cent of GRP,2.5 per cent of employmentincluding owner-operators and 1.3per cent of exports. A significantproportion of exports of foodproducts originate in this sector.The Waikato and Waitomo districtsare the largest producers andexporters of livestock and croppingoutput, as shown in figure 20.Figure 20: Livestock & cropping exports byterritorial authority ($m 2007)45DairyNZ et al (2009, p.5).46Livestock and cropping includes sheep, beef and deer farming, and cropping (ANZSIC codes A014, A015, A018 andA019).47New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd (2011, p26-27).Page 24 Doc #: 2069885
Livestock and cropping farms areeven more likely to be singleoperatorbusinesses than dairyfarms. Over 80 per cent of livestockand cropping farms have noemployees apart from the owner,as shown in figure 21.Many rural districts in the Waikatoregion have a high location quotientfor livestock and croppingbusinesses compared with thenational average, as illustrated infigure 22. The highest is inWaitomo district, which does nothave the highest absolute numberof livestock and cropping farmingemployees but does have thehighest proportion of the labourforce employed in livestock andcropping farming.Figure 21: Livestock & cropping business unitsby number of employees (2010)Figure 22: Location quotient and employees – livestock and croppingDoc # 2069885 Page 25
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Page 7 and 8: Table of contentsAcknowledgementLis
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Page 14 and 15: The Government aims to create an en
Page 16 and 17: TransportAlmost a quarter of total
Page 18 and 19: Regional competitivenessRelative pe
Page 20 and 21: WRC identified three flagship goals
Page 22 and 23: WRC adopted the concept of green gr
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Page 36 and 37: Figure 15: Deprivation in Hamilton
Page 38 and 39: In addition to dairy products contr
Page 42 and 43: New Zealand exported $716.9 million
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Page 54 and 55: Most providers of high valueservice
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Page 62 and 63: 4.2 Transport4.2.1 RoadThe current
Page 64 and 65: Local roads in the Waikato region a
Page 66 and 67: Waikato to, or from, the Bay of Ple
Page 68 and 69: Approximately 40 per cent of all ex
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Page 72 and 73: The New Zealand Energy Strategy has
Page 74 and 75: Figure 62: Transpower transmission
Page 76 and 77: Coal has been mined in the Waikator
Page 78 and 79: 4.3.4 OilWaikato does not produce o
Page 80 and 81: etween 75 and 100 years. 202 The de
Page 82 and 83: Taupō District CouncilWater supply
Page 84 and 85: 4.4.3 Productive water infrastructu
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Page 88 and 89: RBI has been implemented by the Gov
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Figure 76: RBI broadband in the cen
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5 People5.1 SummaryThis chapter des
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Figure 81: Urban population in the
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5.2.3 AgeingFigure 83: Percentage i
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Figure 88: Proportion of population
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Figure 92: Highest qualification pr
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Figure 95: Labour market areas in t
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Figure 99: Commuting patterns (2006
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Three areas of the Waikato region h
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Figure 101: Land uses in the Waikat
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120%100%80%60%40%Land with limitati
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6.6 WaterFreshwater is important fo
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Table 10: Current water take author
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7 Institutions7.1 SummaryCentral an
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The final report of the Government
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Local authority Strategy DeliveryRo
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Local authority Strategy Vision Goa
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Local authority Strategy Vision Goa
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Figure 106: Iwi of the Waikato regi
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SettlementprogressMāoriCommercialA
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SettlementprogressDeed ofSettlement
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Figure 108: Geographic units with 0
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Figure 111: Entry rate (percentage
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Gas supply 0.44Air transport, servi
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Capital productivity is value added
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have low tangible assets and low or
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11 Innovation system11.1 SummaryAs
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Zealand universities (34 per cent).
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cent), health (21 per cent) and hos
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Figure 124: Waikato ITO trainees (2
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The University of Waikato has five
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esearch.” 398 Research is essenti
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Landcare ResearchNational Institute
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11.4 Business development and growt
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Waikato Innovation Park provides se
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12 Key findings and next stepsThe W
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There are also a number of opportun
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BibliographyAFFCO New Zealand 2010.
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Hauraki District Council 2009. Haur
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Ministry of Economic Development 20
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New Zealand Transport Agency 2010.
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South Waikato District Council 2009
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Waikato Regional Council 2011f. Lan
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