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Story: Radiata pine

Logs ready for export

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Logs ready for export

These logs, at CentrePort, Wellington, are waiting to be shipped overseas. High volumes of radiata logs are exported each year, mainly to China and South Korea. Between June 2006 and June 2007, 6.3 million cubic metres were exported.

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Peter Berg, Radiata pine – Uses of pine timber, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16858/logs-ready-for-export (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Berg, published 1 March 2009.