Story: Exotic forestry

Kāingaroa State Forest, 1960

This aerial view of the vast Kāingaroa Pinus radiata plantings during harvest shows clear-felled areas of 30–40 hectares.

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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/16541/kaingaroa-state-forest-1960 (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Michael Roche, published 1 March 2009.