In the Autumn of 2005, goodGround carried out a survey of 500 Lifestyle Block owners. As part of this research, we asked what the current land usage was for each block.
We were pleased to discover that New Zealand's Lifestyle blockers and small farmers are using their land for a wide variety of activities, our survey returned the following results, in order of usage:
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Beef/Cattle
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Bike Riding
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Exotic Fruits And Nuts
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Dairy
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Deer
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Farm Park
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Sheep
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Grapes
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Finishing Farm
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Living/Lifestyle
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Horticulture
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Golf
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Drystock
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Animals
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Holidays
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Calves -Rearing
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Business
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Home Stay
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Grazing
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Commerical Flowers
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Horse Surgery Recovery
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Horses
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Flora Culture
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Minature Horses
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Orchard
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Goats
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Organic Beef/Sheep
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Avocados
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Hay/Silage
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Persimmons
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Chooks
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Horse Trainning
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Other Poultry
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Forestry/Pines
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Kiwifruit
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Puppies
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Gardening/Gardens
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Pets
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Rabbit Farming
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Leasing Out
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Still To Develop
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Sweetcorn
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Recreational
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Accomodation
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Tamarillos
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Farming
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B&B
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Whanau Gathering
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Kumara
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Bee Keeping/Breeding
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Pigs
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Bull Rearing
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Veges/Organic Veges
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Bush
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Crops/Cropping
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Contracting
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Livestock
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Corgettes
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Mixed
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Ducks
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Olives
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Ecovillage Tourism
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Trees
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Emu
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