Demonstrate understanding of land use for primary production in New Zealand
This standard asks you to explain why different types of farming and food production happen in different parts of New Zealand. You need to show how economic factors (like costs and money), environmental factors (like climate and soil), social factors (like jobs), and other forces like politics and technology have shaped where farming happens today and might happen in the future.
You describe in simple terms how different factors (like climate, money, and jobs) determine what farming happens in different parts of New Zealand, with some relevant examples.
You clearly explain how specific factors in named regions support particular types of farming, use precise data to back up your points, and show you understand real links between the region and the production type that succeeds there.
You evaluate why certain farming types suit certain regions by weighing their strengths and weaknesses, discuss how current and future challenges will shape New Zealand farming, show broad knowledge across multiple regions and factor types, and use detailed evidence specific to each production type and region throughout.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.