Description: Ecological regions and districts are subdivisions of New Zealand into contiguous and discrete areas that have relatively homogenous physical (climate, soil, topography, geology) and biological characteristics (including cultural pattern, i.e. land use). Ecological Regions are generally an aggregate of adjacent ecological districts with very closely related characteristics. These boundaries arepart of the ecological classification system used in the Protected Natural Area Programme.These boundaries may have been superceeded by the Land Environments New Zealand (LENZ) classification.