Northland
Auckland
Waikato
Bay of Plenty
Gisborne
Hawke's Bay
Taranaki
Manawatu-Wanganui
Wellington
Tasman
Nelson
Marlborough
West Coast
Canterbury
Otago
Southland
1
2
3 or more
Ahu whenua trust
Whanau trust
Whenua topu trust
Incorporation
No clear structure
Other (please specify)
Farm owner/joint-farm owner
Equity partner/partnership
Farm manager/operations manager/supervisor/CEO/etc.
Share milker
Representative of a Maori trust/incorporation
Representative of a family trust or other trust
Leasee
Show me the commercial questions
Show me the lifestyle questions
Commerical
Lifestyle
Neither
Blind Foundation guide dogs
Westpac Chopper Appeal
Cancer Society of New Zealand
Kakapo Recovery
0: Very pessimistic
3
4
5: Middle
6
7
8
9
10: Very optimistic
1 Not important
2 Slightly important
3 Moderately important
4 Important
5 Extremely important
1 Strongly disagree
2 Disagree
3 Neither agree nor disagree
4 Agree
5 Strongly agree
Yes
No
Not applicable
1 Not burdensome at all
2 Slightly burdensome
3 Moderately burdensome
4 Burdensome
5 Extremely burdensome
1 Not effective at all
2 Slightly effective
3 Moderately effective
4 Effective
5 Extremely effective
Spouse's / partner's qualification
Your qualification
Some secondary school
Secondary school
Certificate (level 1-6)
Diploma (level 5-7)
Bachelor's degree
Post-graduate diploma or certificate / Bachelor's honour's degree
Master's degree
Doctoral degree
Prefer not to answer
Your spouse / partner
Yourself
5
More than 6
Unsure / Prefer not to answer
Male
Female
Gender diverse
0: Strongly disagree
10: Strongly agree
0: Don't like taking risks
10: Fully prepared to take risks
I am responsible
My spouse/partner and I are equally responsible
My business partner(s) and I are jointly responsible
I am able to speak on behalf of a trust board
Someone else is responsible
My biosecurity practices are already good
Major impact
Moderate impact
Minor impact
No impact at all
Information provided by MPI
Information provided by my industry
I know someone who has been affected by a biosecurity incursion
I have been personally affected by a biosecurity incursion
c
Not much of a focus
Minor focus
Moderate focus
Major focus
2018
2017
2013
Reduction in debt carried
No change in debt carried
1-10% increase
11-25% increase
26-50% increase
51%-75% increase
76-100% increase
Debt more than doubled
Increase in gross income
No change in gross income
1-10% reduction
11-25% reduction
26-50% reduction
More than 50% reduction
Very negative impact
Some negative impact
Positive and negative impacts balance
Some positive impact
Very positive impact
Decrease  a lot
Decrease slightly
No change
Increase slightly
Increase  a lot
Climate change is already affecting New Zealand
Although climate change is not yet affecting New Zealand, it will in the next 10 years
Although climate change will not affect New Zealand in the next 10 years, it will in the future
Climate change will not affect New Zealand
They are extremely harmful
They are more harmful than beneficial
Harms and benefits balance out
They are more beneficial than harmful
They are extremely beneficial
No opinion
DOC estate
Commercial forest (other than your own)
Historic plantings undertaken by government or catchment boards (outside your land)
Shelterbelt (other than your own)
Amenity plantings and individual trees (outside your land)
Commercial forest on your land
Historic plantings undertaken by government or catchment boards on your land
Shelterbelt on your land
Amenity plantings or individual trees on your land
None of the above
Other (please describe)
Opportunity cost
Negative perceptions about tree planting and forestry
Uncertainty about best land use options
Labour needed to plant and maintain trees
Expense/ financial barriers
Potential for future harvest
Carbon credits/ Emissions Trading Scheme
Funding under the One Billion Trees Fund
Funding schemes other than One Billion Trees
Providing habitat to increase biodiversity
Increase the farm's resilience to changing climate
Promote human health
Promote livestock health
Guardianship/kaitiaki
Promote water quality
Aesthetics, amenity, landscape values
Offset farm emissions
Personal wellbeing, spiritual or cultural values
Firewood, posts, and farm timbers
Coordinated with neighbours to have a large forested area
Create employment opportunities
Other (please specify below)
Guardianship / kaitiaki
Promote livestock health (shelter, shade, fodder)
Increase resilience to changing climate
Provide habitat to increase biodiversity
Aesthetics, amenity, and landscape values
None of these
Iwi, hapu, marae
Regional or district council
Central government
Monitoring native species
Planting native vegetation or trees
Controlling weeds
Trapping/poisoning pests such as rats, possums, and stoats
Improving and maintaining fencing to keep out stock and/or pests such as rats, possums, and stoats
Protect particular species
Protect mauri and/or ecosystem health
Comply with industry standards
Comply with district or regional plan
Preserve natural beauty
Scenic/aesthetic value
Riparian strips
Setbacks or buffer zones required by local authorities
Land is under pylons
Designated a Significant Natural Area
Earning carbon credits
Set aside to improve/protect water quality
Used for erosion and/or sediment control
Not economically viable to use in the foreseeable future
Will be used for production in the future
Currently used for honey production
Used to protect native habitat (not under covenant)
Used to protect native habitat (under covenant)
1 Not at all difficult
2 Slightly difficult
3 Moderately difficult
4 Difficult
5 Extremely difficult
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Less than 10%
10-20%
20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
More than 100%
Unprofitable
Break even
Profitable
Calibrate own irrigation by collecting water in buckets (bucket test)
Apps, tools, and/or calculators provided by industry
Irrigation service company evaluates performance
Commercial evaluation service
More often than once a year
Once a year
Less often than once a year
Never
Decide based on weather forecast
Irrigate when water is delivered by the irrigation scheme
Keep a water budget based on plant water use, rainfall, and irrigation applied
Use a commercial irrigation scheduling service
Use my own soil moisture sensors
Dig a hole to check soil dryness
Irrigate when the plants look like they need it
Subsurface irrigation
Surface irrigation such as flood, contour
Drip irrigation
Rotorainers and guns
K-line (or similar moveable types)
Centre-pivot, linear move
No secondary source
On-scheme storage
On-farm storage
Surface
Ground
Multiple pond system (with anaerobic and aerobic ponds that discharge)
Multiple pond system (with anaerobic and aerobic ponds that occasionally discharges and use land application the rest of the time)
Single storage ponds/tanks (which include a solid separation and storage system)
Sump storage (storage for at least 1-2 days prior to irrigation)
Use low-water solubility phosphate fertiliser
Spread fertiliser using well-calibrated machinery and/or accredited contractor
Time application on N fertiliser to avoid periods when rainfall is high and/or plant growth is low
Split fertiliser applications to match plant needs
Leave unfertilised strips beside waterways and in flood zones
Apply fertiliser based on soil tests
Use drainage system
Aerate paddocks regularly
Reduce stock density
Restrict stock to areas to be cultivated in spring
Put heavier stock on drier paddocks and/or fence wetter areas within paddocks
Graze wetter paddocks earlier in the season and/or rotate stock more often
Use an informal standoff area such as laneways or stony areas
Use a formal, purpose-built feed pad, standoff pad, or wintering barn
Provide alternative wallowing sites for deer away from waterways
Construct and/or maintain bridge/culvert crossings for stock
Exclude stock from minor waterways, drains, and wetlands
Exclude stock from waterways that are more than a metre wide, permanently flowing, and more than ankle deep
Low
Medium
High
To the fullest extent possible
Other erosion and sediment control for forest harvesting
Prevent deer fence line pacing
Retirement from livestock grazing
Plant riparian areas
Plant trees on slopes
Conservation tillage (no tillage, low tillage, and/or contour tillage)
Maintain contoured paddocks, bunds, and/or raised headlands
Maintain sediment traps
Nutrient management plan developed by fertiliser company or other professional
Environment plan developed by council
Stock or crop management plan
Farm business/financial plan
Environment plan developed by industry
Feed stock maize and other low-N feeds
Manage effluent storage
Manage fertiliser
Restrict stock from waterways
Reduce soil compaction and/or pugging
Manage erosion/sediment
Uncertainty in timber prices
Uncertainty in ETS
Harvest time too far off in the future
Other land uses have higher returns
Increased regulatory complexity
Decision taken by investors as a group
Never intended to replant
Retirement / plan to stop working
Continuous harvest
Within 2 years
Within 3-5 years
Within 5-10 years
More than 10 years from now
0: Not at all
10: Extremely well
Lower profitability as a result of lower pasture yield
Higher costs as a result of spending money on mitigation
Higher costs as a result of renovating pugged pastures
More complex management decisions
Environmental impacts: runoff, sediment in waterways, etc.
Less than 5%
5-10%
15-20%
20-25%
More than 25%
Soil Pugging
Soil Compaction
0
10
11
12
Current size does not maximize profits
High land prices
Profits from farming are too low
Pay off debt
High council rates
Pending environmental regulations
Retirement / succession
Lifestyle decision
Beekeeping for honey harvest
Farm-based tourism
Native forest/bush for harvest of non-timber products
Native forestry
Exotic forestry (1+ hectares)
Growing other fruits, nuts, and edible tree crops
Growing wine grapes
Growing kiwi fruit
Growing flowers, bulbs, nursery crops, and hops
Growing vegetables and/or cooking herbs outdoors
Growing vegetables and/or cooking herbs indoors
Growing crops for hay, silage, or balage
Growing grain and seed crops
Raising other farmed livestock (e.g. horses, goats, ostriches and emus, alpacas and llamas)
Raising poultry
Raising pigs
Raising deer
Operating a dairy run off
Operating a dairy platform
Raising and/or finishing prime cattle, including bull beef
Farming sheep and/or beef
Grazing livestock that are not owned by the farming business
Lower intensity
Higher intensity
Reduce land allocated to other activities
Lease new land
Purchase new land
Grazing
Growing kiwifruit
Grazing livestock that are NOT OWNED by the farming business
Do not intend
Intend within the next 2 years
Intend within the next 3-5 years
Intend within the next 6-10 years
Less intensive
Same intensity
More intensive
More land allocated in the last 10 years
New in the last 10 years
and elsewhere in NZ
Raising and/or finishing prime cattle, including bull  beef
Dairying
Deer farming
Pig farming
Poultry farming
Other farmed livestock
Arable farming
Vegetable production
Kiwifruit production
Wine grape production
Exotic forestry for commercial harvest
Native forest for commercial timber harvest
Native forest/bush for commercial harvest of non-timber products
N/A
Far North District
Kaipara District
Whangarei District
Hamilton City
Hauraki District
Matamata-Piako District
Otorohanga District
South Waikato District
Thames-Coromandel District
Waikato District
Waipa District
Rotorua District
Taupo District
Waitomo District
Kawerau District
Opotiki District
Tauranga City
Western Bay of Plenty District
Whakatane District
Gisborne District
Central Hawke's Bay District
Hastings District
Napier City
Rangitikei District
Wairoa District
New Plymouth District
South Taranaki District
Stratford District
Horowhenua District
Manawatu District
Palmerston North City
Ruapehu District
Tararua District
Wanganui District
Carterton District
Hutt City
Kapiti Coast District
Masterton District
Porirua City
South Wairarapa District
Upper Hutt City
Wellington City
Tasman District
Nelson City
Marlborough District
Buller District
Grey District
Westland District
Ashburton District
Christchurch City
Hurunui District
Kaikoura District
Mackenzie District
Selwyn District
Timaru District
Waimakariri District
Waimate District
Waitaki District
Central Otago District
Clutha District
Dunedin City
Queenstown-Lakes District
Gore District
Invercargill City
Southland District (including Stewart Island)