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Story: Exotic forestry

Logging

Logging

Logging of exotic plantations began in the 1950s, and has continued since. Many of those employed in the industry lived in the ‘timber towns’ of the central North Island. Logging is heavy and dangerous work; machinery like this makes it easier and safer.

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Michael Roche, Exotic forestry – Harvesting the forests, 1950s–1980s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16538/logging (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Michael Roche, published 1 March 2009.

Comments

Sathish Williams
03 July 2012
I am an officer of the Indian Forest Service. During early 1979 a Fire Training Centre was established in the Indian State of Kerala with the assistance of the New Zealand Government. I was lucky to be trained in the first batch under Mr Peter Amner, Fire Control Officer of New Zealand Forest Service. Mr Amner was succeeded by Mr Kerry Hilliard and Mr John Rasmussen.