Over the past 40 years, the government has transformed New Zealand from an agrarian economy ... in the first half of the decade, fueling a large balance of payments deficit that posed a challenge ...

Areas planned to be mapped this summer included coastlines in Gisborne, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Oamaru, Timaru, Dunedin, Southland, and Westland.