The Government has set a goal to plant one billion trees over 10 years. MPI has a key role in helping to meet this goal. Our initial estimates suggest about 500 million trees will be delivered through current planting rates. MPI’s aim is to increase the rate of planting to meet the Government’s goal.

Spatial, Forestry and Land Management Sawmilling Newsletter Issue 14 September 2015

News for sawmillers from Spatial, Forestry and Land Management branch. This issue has some links to handy free websites and tools for supplying maps and property details; outlines MPI's other forestry roles; profiles sawmillers Robert Steadman and Jude Hayton of Little Wanganui; and updates readers on the beech tree.

News for sawmillers from Forest and Land Operations (now called Spatial, Forestry and Land Management branch). This issue reports on: Demand for veneer-grade flitch –
rimu, tawa, matai, kahikatea; reports back from the Northland Totara Working Group Field Day; and reminds readers about notification of particular hazardous work.

News for sawmillers from Forestry and Land Operations. This issue includes an update on the West Coast Wind-blown Timber (Conservation Lands) Act 2014, information on upcoming North Island Forest Act workshops and a look at matai, otherwise known as black pine.

News for sawmillers from Forestry and Land Operations. This issue includes an update on Cyclone Ita and the damage inflicted on West Coast forests, plus an article about MPI's role in the swamp kauri industry.

News for sawmillers from Forestry and Land Operations. This issue includes health and safety of those in harvesting operations, an introduction to Paul Leonard, a Northland sawmiller and his interesting museum, and an update concerning exporting.

News for sawmillers from Forestry and Land Operations. This issue includes a species spotlight on kahikatea and the sawmiller focus is on Brent and Sally Curtis of Richmond, Nelson.

Notes from Forestry and Land Operations for indigenous sawmillers.

News for sawmillers from Forestry and Land Operations. This issue includes the legal definition of a sawmill and a focus on Peter and Jack Topping, based in Glenhope, Murchison.

News for sawmillers from Forestry and Land Operations.

News for sawmillers from Forestry and Land Operations.

News from the indigenous forestry sector to sawmillers.