Kōrero: Nelson region

Planting seeds, Golden Downs

Planting seeds, Golden Downs

These students were photographed by Forest Service photographer John Johns in the 1950s. They are planting seeds at Golden Downs forest, south-west of Nelson, while an instructor looks on. Golden Downs began to be planted in the 1920s, and by the mid-1950s Nelson’s exotic forests were second only to the central North Island’s. The country’s second forestry training school was established there in the mid-1950s, with 70 ‘woodsmen’. Fifth-form boys were given two years’ education in practical forestry. Alcohol and cars were forbidden – but booze was often hidden in the scrub.

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Nelson Provincial Museum, Print Collection
Reference: NP5910-2169

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Carl Walrond, 'Nelson region - Forestry, fishing, manufacturing and tourism', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28960/planting-seeds-golden-downs (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, updated 1 Aug 2015