In New Zealand an ecological district is defined as a particular geographical region that has a characteristic landscape and range of biological communities. They were developed after a need was seen for Protected Natural Areas.
List
Initially 268 ecological districts within 85 ecological regions were defined. At a later stage there was a reallocation of some of the ecological districts.
| Region |
District |
Code |
| Kermadec |
Kermadec |
1.01 |
| Three Kings |
Three Kings |
2.01 |
| Te Paki |
Te Paki |
3.01 |
| Aupouri |
Aupouri |
4.01 |
| Western Northland |
| Maungataniwha |
5.01 |
| Hokianga |
5.02 |
| Tutamoe |
5.03 |
| Tangihua |
5.04 |
| Eastern Northland |
| Eastern Northland and Islands |
6.01 |
| Taranga |
6.02 |
| Poor Knights |
Poor Knights |
7.01 |
| Kaipara |
Kaipara |
8.01 |
| Auckland |
| Rodney |
9.01 |
| Waitakere |
9.02 |
| Tamaki |
9.03 |
| Rangitoto |
9.04 |
| Inner Gulf Islands |
9.05 |
| Awhitu |
9.06 |
| Manukau |
9.07 |
| Hunua |
9.08 |
| Coromandel |
| Little Barrier |
10.01 |
| Great Barrier |
10.02 |
| Colville |
10.03 |
| Mercury Islands |
10.04 |
| Thames |
10.05 |
| Tairua |
10.06 |
| Waihi |
10.07 |
| Te Aroha |
10.08 |
| Mayor |
10.09 |
| Waikato |
| Meremere |
11.01 |
| Hapuakohe |
11.02 |
| Hauraki |
11.03 |
| Hamilton |
11.04 |
| Hinuera |
11.05 |
| Maungatautari |
11.06 |
| Waipa |
11.07 |
| Tainui |
| Raglan |
12.01 |
| Kawhia |
12.02 |
| Herangi |
12.03 |
| Northern Volcanic Plateau |
| Motiti |
13.01 |
| Tauranga |
13.02 |
| Otanewainuku |
13.03 |
| Rotorua |
13.04 |
| White Island |
13.05 |
| Whakatane |
| Te Teko |
14.01 |
| Taneatua |
14.02 |
| Opotiki |
14.03 |
| Western Volcanic Plateau |
| Ranginui |
15.01 |
| Pureora |
15.02 |
| Tokoroa |
15.03 |
| Central Volcanic Plateau |
| Atiamuri |
16.01 |
| Taupo |
16.02 |
| Eastern Volcanic Plateau |
| Kaingaroa |
17.01 |
| Whirinaki |
17.02 |
| Tongariro |
Tongariro |
18.01 |
| Raukumara |
| Waioeka |
19.01 |
| Motu |
19.02 |
| East Cape |
| Pukeamaru |
20.01 |
| Waiapu |
20.02 |
| Turanga |
20.03 |
| Urewera |
| Waimana |
21.01 |
| Ikawhenua |
21.02 |
| Waikaremoana |
21.03 |
| Wairoa |
| Tiniroto |
22.01 |
| Mahia |
22.02 |
| Waihua |
22.03 |
| King Country |
| Waitomo |
23.01 |
| Taumarunui |
23.02 |
| Taranaki |
| North Taranaki |
24.01 |
| Matemateāonga |
24.02 |
| Egmont |
Egmont |
25.01 |
| Moawhango |
Moawhango |
26.01 |
| Kaimanawa |
Kaimanawa |
27.01 |
| Ruahine |
Ruahine |
28.01 |
| Hawkes Bay |
| Maungaharuru |
29.01 |
| Heretaunga |
29.02 |
| Rangitikei |
Rangitikei |
30.01 |
| Manawatu |
| Manawatu Plains |
31.01 |
| Foxton |
31.02 |
| Manawatu Gorge |
| Manawatu Gorge North |
32.01 |
| Manawatu Gorge South |
32.02 |
| Pahiatua |
| Woodville |
33.01 |
| Puketoi |
33.02 |
| Eastern Hawkes Bay |
Eastern Hawkes Bay |
34.01 |
| Eastern Wairarapa |
Eastern Wairarapa |
35.01 |
| Wairarapa Plains |
Wairarapa Plains |
36.01 |
| Aorangi |
Aorangi |
37.01 |
| Tararua |
Tararua |
38.01 |
| Sounds-Wellington |
| Wellington |
39.01 |
| Cook Strait |
39.02 |
| Sounds |
39.03 |
| D'Urville |
39.04 |
| Richmond |
| Pelorus |
40.01 |
| Para |
40.02 |
| Fishtail |
40.03 |
| Wairau |
| Blenheim |
41.01 |
| Wither Hills |
41.02 |
| Grassmere |
41.03 |
| Flaxbourne |
41.04 |
| Hillersden |
41.05 |
| Inland Marlborough |
| Waihopai |
42.01 |
| Medway |
42.02 |
| Bounds |
42.03 |
| George |
42.04 |
| Molesworth |
| Sedgemere |
43.01 |
| Balaclava |
43.02 |
| Miromiro |
43.03 |
| Clarence |
| Tapuaenuku |
44.01 |
| Dillon |
44.02 |
| Manakau |
44.03 |
| Kaikoura |
| Kekerengu |
45.01 |
| Aniseed |
45.02 |
| Kowhai |
45.03 |
| North-West Nelson |
| West Whanganui |
46.01 |
| Wakamarama |
46.02 |
| Golden Bay |
46.03 |
| Totaranui |
46.04 |
| Heaphy |
46.05 |
| Wangapeka |
46.06 |
| Arthur |
46.07 |
| Karamea |
46.08 |
| Matiri |
46.09 |
| Nelson |
| Motueka |
47.01 |
| Moutere |
47.02 |
| Bryant |
47.03 |
| Red Hills |
47.04 |
| North Westland |
| Ngakawau |
48.01 |
| Foulwind |
48.02 |
| Buller |
48.03 |
| Reefton |
48.04 |
| Punakaiki |
48.05 |
| Maimai |
48.06 |
| Totara Flat |
48.07 |
| Blackball |
48.08 |
| Hochstetter |
48.09 |
| Greymouth |
48.10 |
| Brunner |
48.11 |
|
| Region |
District |
Code |
| Spenser |
| Rotoroa |
49.01 |
| Travers |
49.02 |
| Ella |
49.03 |
| Lewis |
49.04 |
| Hope |
49.05 |
| Whataroa |
| Hokitika |
50.01 |
| Whitcombe |
50.02 |
| Harihari |
50.03 |
| Wilberg |
50.04 |
| Waiho |
50.05 |
| Glaciers |
50.06 |
| Karangarua |
50.07 |
| Mahitahi |
50.08 |
| Aspiring |
| Paringa |
51.01 |
| Mataketake |
51.02 |
| Landsborough |
51.03 |
| Haast |
51.04 |
| Okuru |
51.05 |
| Arawata |
51.06 |
| Dart |
51.07 |
| Lowry |
| Hundalee |
52.01 |
| Leslie |
52.02 |
| Culverden |
52.03 |
| Waiau |
52.04 |
| Cheviot |
52.05 |
| Motunau |
52.06 |
| Waikari |
52.07 |
| Hawdon |
| Minchin |
53.01 |
| Arthur's Pass |
53.02 |
| Puketeraki |
| Sumner |
54.01 |
| Poulter |
54.02 |
| Cass |
54.03 |
| Torlesse |
54.04 |
| Craigieburn |
54.05 |
| Coleridge |
54.06 |
| Canterbury Foothills |
| Ashley |
55.01 |
| Oxford |
55.02 |
| Whitecliffs |
55.03 |
| Canterbury Plains |
| High Plains |
56.01 |
| Low Plains |
56.02 |
| Ellesmere |
56.03 |
| Banks |
| Port Hills |
57.01 |
| Herbert |
57.02 |
| Akaroa |
57.03 |
| D'archiac |
| Browning |
58.01 |
| Armoury |
58.02 |
| Mt Cook |
58.03 |
| Heron |
| Mathias |
59.01 |
| Mt Mutt |
59.02 |
| Arrowsmith |
59.03 |
| Hakatere |
59.04 |
| Two Thumb |
59.05 |
| Tasman |
| Godley |
60.01 |
| Dobson |
60.02 |
| Pareora |
| Orari |
61.01 |
| Fairlie |
61.02 |
| Geraldine |
61.03 |
| Hunters |
61.04 |
| Waimate |
61.05 |
| Hakataramea |
61.06 |
| Wainono |
| Makikihi |
62.01 |
| Glenavy |
62.02 |
| Oamaru |
62.03 |
| Mackenzie |
| Tekapo |
63.01 |
| Pukaki |
63.02 |
| Ben Ohau |
63.03 |
| Grampians |
63.04 |
| Ahuriri |
63.05 |
| Omarama |
63.06 |
| Benmore |
63.07 |
| Waitaki |
| Kirkliston |
64.01 |
| St Mary |
64.02 |
| Hawkdun |
64.03 |
| St Bathans |
64.04 |
| Kakanui |
| Duntroon |
65.01 |
| Dansey |
65.02 |
| Waianakarua |
65.03 |
| Lakes |
| Huxley |
66.01 |
| Wanaka |
66.02 |
| Richardson |
66.03 |
| Shotover |
66.04 |
| Remarkables |
66.05 |
| Central Otago |
| Lindis |
67.01 |
| Pisa |
67.02 |
| Dunstan |
67.03 |
| Maniototo |
67.04 |
| Old Man |
67.05 |
| Manorburn |
67.06 |
| Rock and Pillar |
67.07 |
| Lammerlaw |
| Macraes |
68.01 |
| Waipori |
68.02 |
| Tapanui |
68.03 |
| Lawrence |
68.04 |
| Otago Coast |
| Waikouaiti |
69.01 |
| Dunedin |
69.02 |
| Tokomairiro |
69.03 |
| Balclutha |
69.04 |
| Catlins |
| Waipahi |
70.01 |
| Tahakopa |
70.02 |
| Olivine |
| Cascade |
71.01 |
| Pyke |
71.02 |
| Fiord |
| Darran |
72.01 |
| Doubtful |
72.02 |
| Te Anau |
72.03 |
| Preservation |
72.04 |
| Mavora |
| Livingstone |
73.01 |
| Eyre |
73.02 |
| Upukerora |
73.03 |
| Waikaia |
| Nokomai |
74.01 |
| Umbrella |
74.02 |
| Gore |
Gore |
75.01 |
| Southland Hills |
| Takitimu |
76.01 |
| Taringatura |
76.02 |
| Hokonui |
76.03 |
| Te Wae Wae |
| Waitutu |
77.01 |
| Tuatapere |
77.02 |
| Longwood |
77.03 |
| Makarewa |
| Southland Plains |
78.01 |
| Waituna |
78.02 |
| Rakiura |
| Foveaux |
79.01 |
| Anglem |
79.02 |
| Freshwater |
79.03 |
| Mt Allen |
79.04 |
| Solanders |
79.05 |
| Snares |
79.06 |
| Chathams |
Chathams |
80.01 |
| Bounty |
Bounty |
81.01 |
| Antipodes |
Antipodes |
82.01 |
| Auckland Islands |
Auckland Islands |
83.01 |
| Campbell |
Campbell |
84.01 |
| Macquarie |
Macquarie |
85.01 |
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