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	Kaingaroa Forest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kaingaroa Forest is the largest forest in the North Island of New Zealand, and the largest plantation in the southern hemisphere.
		The privately owned forest covers 2900 km² in the inland East Cape and Bay of Plenty regions, and stretches south past the east coast of Lake Taupo.
		The headquarters of the forest are at the small settlement of Kaingaroa, 50 kilometres southeast of Rotorua.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaingaroa_Forest (132 words)

	New Zealand Forestry Sector Issues - Maori forestry issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A survey of forest owners carried out by MAF Policy in November 2000 indicated that the net stocked area of forests on Maori-owned land was 238 000 hectares, around 14 percent of the total area of New Zealand's planted forests.
		The transfer of lease forests to Maori landowners is anticipated to result in significant increases in Maori involvement in commercial forestry in the Central North Island, Northland and East Coast regions.
		Income from sustainable forest management and sustainable timber harvesting is one of the few ways in which landowners can potentially obtain resources and expertise to control pests and maintain healthy natural ecosystems.
	www.maf.govt.nz /forestry/publications/forestry-sector-issues/fsimaoriforestryissues.htm (1586 words)

	Kaingaroa Forest Rural Centre Community Profile(published)
		The unemployment rate in Kaingaroa Forest was 20.0 percent, compared with 7.5 percent for all of New Zealand.
		The average household size in Kaingaroa Forest was 3.3 people, compared with 2.7 for all of New Zealand.
		For dwellings that were rented, the average weekly rent paid for permanent private dwellings in Kaingaroa Forest was $90, compared with $174 for New Zealand as a whole.
	www2.stats.govt.nz /domino/external/web/CommProfiles.nsf/FindInfobyArea/538831-rl (584 words)

	Timber Industry, New Zealand - Picture - MSN Encarta
		A logging truck carries lumber from New Zealand's Kaingaroa State Forest, one of the largest forest plantations in the world.
		An important component of the nation's economy, New Zealand's timber industry has profited from extensive reforestation efforts and from the replacement of slow-growing native trees with faster-growing imported species.
		Kaingaroa State Forest is located northwest of Auckland on New Zealand's North Island.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /media_461550551/Timber_Industry_New_Zealand.html (80 words)

	Impact of a Volcanic Eruption on Agriculture and Forestry in New Zealand: 6.9 Scenarios
		These forests are important to the local timber supply of Auckland, but are not a large resource by NZ standards.
		Forests impacted would include the Fletcher Challenge Forests Limited forests at Kawerau, plus Mangatu, Ruatoria, Hikurangi Forest Farms, the Crown lease forests on the East Coast, many of the Ngati Porou Whanui Limited forests, Wharerata and many of the East Coast Forestry Scheme forests.
		The most likely scenario to be taken by forest managers would be a "wait and see" approach because the passage of a little time would quite quickly sort out which stands needed to be cleared and replanted and which would have sufficient quality and quantity of trees to provide a salvageable crop.
	www.maf.govt.nz /mafnet/rural-nz/emergency-management/volcanoes/volcano-erruption-impact/volimpact-30.htm (4272 words)

	Forestry Insights
		The largest was a single contiguous area – the Kaingaroa forest – stretching 100km or so from the east of Rotorua to south of the Napier-Taupo highway.
		Within 20 years, the amount of timber cut from plantations was double that from native forest and today, the very small amount of native timber still cut (less than 2%) is almost solely for use in high quality cabinet making and veneer industries.
		With the phasing out of exploitation of native forests, plantation timber began to supply these markets and so forestry continued to provide one of New Zealand’s largest sources of export revenue – it is now the third largest after dairy products and meat.
	www.insights.co.nz /story_behind_bnf.aspx (635 words)

	New Zealand forestry and the forest code of practice
		In 1994, the countries 27 million hectares is predominantly in pasture and arable land (52%) and native forest (23%), 5% is under exotic forest and the remaining 20% under mountains, water bodies, cropland and urban areas.
		The Kaingaroa Forest between Rotorua and Taupo is a good example of the extensive planting of this time; over 100,000 hectares of continuous exotic plantation forest.
		The LIRO New Zealand Forest Code of Practice is an environmental planning and operational guideline document designed to aid that process, and has been accepted by the forest industry and territorial authorities.
	www.fao.org /docrep/w3646e/w3646e09.htm (2088 words)

	Forestry
		In the east of the image is the protected Kaingaroa State Forest, dissected by numerous steep sided gorges.
		In the north is a large area of cleared land vulnerable to considerable erosion.
		In managed forestry, a GIS can combine elevation and rainfall data to predict areas which could be prone to erosion, together with data on forest type and maturity, a GIS can help plan and time forestry activity so as to minimise such environmental damage.
	www.npagroup.com /engenv/rnr/forestry.htm (206 words)

	Sportzhub - Whirinaki Forest Park opens up to MTBers
		The Whirinaki Forest Park, which lies between the Kaingaroa Forest and the Te Urewera National Park in the central North Island, arguably boasts the best and most dense Podocarp forest in the country.
		From 12 August, mountainbikers will be able to savour the stunning native forest as well as the abundance of bird life thanks to a new Department of Conservation purpose built mountainbike trail.
		The trail will also have a number of informative panels which interpret the forest, aquatic life, bird life, history, the formation of the natural landscape and work DOC is doing to protect and restore the biodiversity of the area.
	www.sportzhub.com /site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=974&Itemid=1 (555 words)

	Natural environment - The bush and its plants - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
		The lush forests, often referred to as ‘native bush’ or simply ‘the bush’, have an almost tropical feel.
		In the South Island, most native forests that escaped the settlers’ fires are found in the high country, on poorer soils.
		Half of the South Island forests, mainly those in the eastern lowlands, were destroyed by fire within 200 or 300 years of Māori settlement, and replaced by tussock grasslands.
	www.teara.govt.nz /NewZealandInBrief/NaturalEnvironment/4/en (1185 words)

	Forestry companies / Links / Home - New Zealand Forest Owners' Association
		Established in 1972, Forest Enterprises is New Zealand's No. 1 forestry investment company with forests located in Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay and Gisborne regions of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
		Kaingaroa Forest is one of the largest and longest established plantation forests in the world.
		Committed to helping forest owners get the most out of their investment both in New Zealand and overseas, the company has evolved to provide a wide range of services.
	www.nzfoa.org.nz /links/forestry_companies (595 words)

	Travellers used the valley floor of the picturesque Okahu Valley of Whirinaki Forest Park as one of their main trails ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It lies between the Kaingaroa Forest and the Te Urewera National Park and is one of New Zealand’s most famous forest areas, with amazingly tall trees, cascading rivers and a wide variety of habitats for wildlife.
		A amazing feature of the forest is the density and size of the podocarp (native conifer) trees; kahikatea, totara, matai, rimu and miro.
		The podocarp-hardwood forests are found at low altitude throughout the country, except in the drier eastern parts of the South Island.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~alidav/whiri/megan.htm (1423 words)

	The Author (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		On the edge of Te Urewera, Minginui forest was initially to be converted from Native Forest to pines.
		While the forest was being managed for native timber I evaluated low impact methods used to extract the timber for a New Zealand Forestry Company.
		This forest has gone from silent hills stripped of undergrowth by over wintering cattle 14 years ago, to a dense under storey of plants.
	www.nativeforest.co.nz /PaulMontague.htm (458 words)

	Establishment of Douglas fir plantations on bare ground.
		Good forest tree nursery practice will ensure that Douglas fir seedling roots are infected with the mycorrhizal fungus that gives the best growth in the forest situation, and that nursery practice including wrenching or root pruning (seedling conditioning), seed spacing, seedling lifting, root trimming and seedling transport are all designed to ensure excellent seedling condition.
		Foresters who are responsible for establishing D.fir forests should discover what fungal species yield the best D.fir growth in their geographic area, and set about ensuring that the seedlings to be planted there have the appropriate fungus species on their roots.
		The Forest Research Institute of the once-upon-a-time NZ Forest Service has been restructured into what is called in the current jargon a 'Crown Research Institute'.
	homepages.caverock.net.nz /~bj/d-fir.htm (4083 words)

	Forest, log and tree volume tables.
		At the end of the first period of the 1984 Labour Government, the New Zealand Forest Service was dismantled with the loss of 3,000 jobs.
		One aspect of the link between research and forest was the production of scores of volume tables for logs, trees and stands of trees throughout the country.
		Kaingaroa Forest (Northern stands, first thinning) Rotorua Conservancy.
	homepages.caverock.net.nz /~bj/volume.htm (1375 words)

	Kaingaroa Timberlands - A major supplier of logs to the domestic processing industry
		Kaingaroa Timberlands - A major supplier of logs to the domestic processing industry
		Kaingaroa forest, proudly managed by Timberlands Ltd, is one of the crown jewels of international forestry and Kaingaroa Timberlands is proud to own this fine estate.
		As a major supplier of logs to the domestic processing industry, we seek to be recognised for our customer service, the high quality of our products, the vitality of our people, and our commitment to health and safety, the environment and the community in which we do business.
	www.kaingaroatimberlands.co.nz (87 words)

	Kaingaroa forest "sale"
		Let's look at some of those facts which show that the U.S. is involved with some curious individuals and political tendencies in New Zealand: 1 NZFOA (New Zealand Forest Owners Association) is a lobby group for major US forestry companies who dominate forest "ownership" in NZ.
		It is also true that some royalist politicians have openly advertised their "goodwill" in the matter of forestry sales being "up for tender".
		This message has NO CONNECTION WITH THE FOREST EDUCATION CENTRE It is posted from a private facility and therefore not subject to the restrictions in force regarding dissemination of information on the possible "sale" of Kaingaroa forest.
	www.metla.fi /archive/forest/1996/04/msg00135.html (439 words)

	New Zealand Geographic
		Besides which, Ecki, who is attending to the other half of the trap line in the adjacent compartment, will soon be waiting at the truck, and we still have another 11 trap lines to check before the end of the day.
		In his work in Rotoehu and Kaingaroa Forests (near Rotorua), Hochstetter Forest (on the West Coast) and Eyrewell Forest (in North Canterbury) he found a total of 202 native and 70 introduced plant species in only 60 small study plots.
		Pine forests are a mosaic of stands of different ages, with recently harvested areas, young trees and mature pines in relatively close proximity.
	www.nzgeographic.co.nz /articles.php?ID=78 (688 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Australia & New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		About 15 percent of New Zealand's forests are owned by funds after investors such as Harvard University and Hancock Timber Resource Group snapped up woodland to gain from rising packaging and building demand in China and South Korea.
		Funds and publicly traded foresters owned $26 billion of trees in the U.S. in 2004, up 10 percent from a year earlier, according to Boston-based Hancock, which owns $2.6 billion of forests worldwide.
		The forests Carter Holt is selling are worth about NZ$500 million ($370 million), including NZ$70 million of freehold land, according to First New Zealand Capital analyst Andrew Mortimer.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=acamfko97wGA&refer=australia (858 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Harvard Invests in Forests
		Last December, Harvard purchased the 468,000-acre parcel of the Kaingaroa forest in the center of the North Island from Tenon Ltd., a New Zealand-based corporation that focuses on wood processing, marketing and distribution of timber.
		Despite selling many of its forest assets, Tenon maintains confidence in the resilience of the timber industry as a major source of profit.
		The Kaingaroa forest, situated in the middle of the North Island, lies along the ring of fire, a belt of volcanoes.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=358117 (1140 words)

	17/3/2003 -- NZ Govt Says Access To Forest Must Be On Commercial Terms
		WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--The signing over of a portion of forest to a Maori tribe will be done on the condition that the tribe allows access to the owners of the cutting rights on commercial terms, the government said Monday.
		The government said it had delayed by a week the signing of a deed of settlement with the Ngati Awa tribe to settle past injustices, which would see 4% of the government-owned Kaingaroa forest on New Zealand's North Island go to the tribe.
		While the government owns the land, the Kaingaroa Forest is under license to the Central North Island Forestry Partnership, which is in receivership.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=21016 (469 words)

	From Dallas, Texas to Kaingaroa Forest Village - Rotorua Daily Post - Feb 21 2006 3:29PM - localsport
		Jason Laing has been playing golf in America and caddying in South America but found himself cutting lawns in Kaingaroa Forest Village on Saturday.
		Laing took the opportunity to call in on his family at Kaingaroa Forest Village and they were quick to take advantage of the former greenkeeper's prowess with the mower.
		He was pressed into action to cut the family's lawns and the nearby Kaingaroa Forest Golf Club where he had polished his game while rising through the club, Bay of Plenty and national ranks.
	www.dailypost.co.nz /localsport/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3673447&thesection=localsport&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection= (421 words)

	Tramping (Trekking) the Length of New Zealand
		This forest road is part of the Kaingaroa pine plantation forest, which a local told me is the largest man-made forest in the world.
		The forests had a much more spacious feeling than the bush tracks further north, and one could see for some distance through the forest, and easily go off the track if need be.
		On forested ridgetops, views of far-off ridges could often been seen through the trees, in contrast to ridgetop bush tracks, where nothing can ever be seen unless track builders "cut out" a view along the way.
	www.martinot-nz.info /nztrek/g.htm (4438 words)

	Kaingaroa Forest Community Profile(published) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The area used for this profile is based on Statistics New Zealand's area unit.
		The unemployment rate in Kaingaroa Forest was 18.2 percent, compared with
		The average household size in Kaingaroa Forest was 3.3 people, compared with
	www2.stats.govt.nz /domino/external/web/CommProfiles.nsf/FindInfobyArea/538831-au (496 words)

	TRUSTWOOD FORESTS (NZ) LIMITED
		Robert entered the forest industry in 1979 and worked in the development of new plantations for a number of regional forest development schemes in Perthshire and the Scottish Highlands, before emigrating to New Zealand in 1987.
		Robert is familiar with all aspects of forest planning and establishment and has been responsible for setting up a number of field studies including the development of over 8000 hectares of forestry land on behalf of Trustwood Forests (NZ) Limited and individual clients.
		Rex Barker, Gisborne Operations Manager for PF Olsen and Co, has 22 years in the forest industry and is responsible for the front line supervision of contractors, quality control and mark-ups within the Trustwood estate.
	www.trustwood.com /profile.htm (842 words)

	CURRICULUM VITAE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Managed the Forest Research liaison with ERMA regarding trialing of genetically-modified-organisms, including presentations at the November, 2000 ERMA hearing on field trials of transgenic (flowering and herbicide resistance genes) radiata pine and spruce.
		These, and subsequent trials established under Dr Sue Carson’s management are providing the basis for growth and yield modelling and prediction for New Zealand’s genetically-improved pine plantations.
		Together, these programmes represent the development of a comprehensive research capability for the application of new gene technologies to forest tree improvement.
	www.forest-genetics.com /forest-genetics/CVs/CVMike.htm (2381 words)

	Whirinaki Forest Park ~ New Zealand Travel Planner: Sacred Mount
		The most striking feature of the forest is the density and size of the podocarp trees; kahikatea, totara, matai, rimu and miro.
		The Arahaki Lagoon is a picturesque lake deep in the forest where stately kahikateas stand rooted in the water and the Te Whaiti-Nui-a-Toi Canyon is a spectacular rock-bound cascade.
		Whirinaki Forest Park is one of New Zealand’s most famous forest areas, with amazingly tall trees, cascading rivers and a wide variety of habitats for wildlife.
	www.newzealandnz.co.nz /forest-parks/whirinaki.html (439 words)

	Forest Industry Situations Vacant
		KTML currently manage the Kaingaroa forest estate on behalf of the owner, Kaingaroa Timberlands and under the new arrangement will continue to do so.
		This was a result of a 34% decrease in forest fires recorded statewide in comparison with 2004.
		Carter Holt Harvey Forests is looking for a Production Leader for their Kinleith Operations team in New Zealand for a period of around 6 months.
	www.fridayoffcuts.com /dsp_newsletter.cfm?id=162 (2744 words)

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