Dairy and sheep farming dominate agriculture on the Taieri Plains.br/br/The Taieri Plains are an area of fertile agricultural land to the southwest of Dunedin, in Otago, New Zealand. The plains cover an area of some 300 square kilometres, with a maximum extent of 30 kilometres. The floodplains of the Taieri and Waipori Rivers, the plains are enclosed to the west by the Maungatua and Silverpeaks Ranges, and to the south and east by a low range of coastal hills. New Zealand's lowest point, at 2m below sea level, is on these plains not far from the Dunedin Airport.