Story: Logging native forests

More links and websites

• The forest question in New Zealand

  This 1879 paper by A. Lecoy from Transactions of the New Zealand Institute outlines how the indigenous forests of New Zealand could be used economically (PDF, 1.73 MB).

• MAF Forestry

  The Ministry for Primary Industries manages government forestry interests. This section of its website contains information on indigenous forestry policies and projects.

• New Zealand Institute of Forestry

  The institute provides a forum for New Zealanders involved in forest management, research and consulting.

• Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society

  This site has information on the conservation of native plants and animals.

• Timberlands West Coast Ltd

  Timberlands West Coast is a state-owned enterprise that manages government-owned exotic forests.

More suggestions and sources

• Halkett, John. The native forests of New
  Zealand. Wellington: GP Publications,
  1991.
• Hayward, Bruce W. Kauaeranga kauri: a
  pictorial history of the kauri timber industry in
  the Kauaeranga Valley, Thames. Auckland:
  Lodestar, 1978.
• Orwin, Joanna. Kauri: witness to a nation’s
  history. Auckland: New Holland, 2004.
• Roche, Michael. History of New Zealand
  forestry. Wellington: New Zealand Forestry
  Corporation/GP Books, 1990.
• Simpson, Philip. Pōhutukawa and rātā: New
  Zealand’s iron-hearted trees. Wellington: Te
  Papa, 2005.
• Stott, Bob. Bush tram to the mill.
  Porirua: Southern Press, 1981.