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Coal Resources

 

Maps and fact sheets

PDFs (below) on New Zealand's main coal deposits list key references for the main coalfields which can be accessed from the online Technical Database. Some of these references are also listed in the Coal Geology Report Series and the Resource Information Report Series, which along with reports from Liquid Fuels Trust Board studies, can be accessed on the Ministry of Economic Development’s publication listing.

 

New Zealand coal fields map

Coal properties [307 kB PDF]

New Zealand coal resources survey [409 kB PDF] 

Northland [350 kB PDF] 

Waikato [782 kB PDF] 

Taranaki [625 kB PDF]

South Island lignite [696 kB PDF] 

West Coast [931 kB PDF]

Canterbury [197 kB PDF]

Otago [508 kB PDF]

Southland [431 kB PDF]


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Last updated 6 August 2009

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