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FORESTRY LOGGING Rules for NZ forestry blocks
& things you need to know
But now we have Forestry logging that will do the work for you:
Remember there are many rules and one block will
not be the same as another.
CONSULTANCY or RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU
- Of course we offer you FREE consultations even with your neighbour to make sure we have good access.
- We check roading and quickest routes in an out
- Guaranteed payments to clients and contractors.
- We cover you for any road construction costs and other harvest costs and do not put on top any interest.
- We look for the best returns to even pulling out if schedules fall.
- Added accountaing on your replanting or fre advice on your trees if they need thinning etc
- We send updates even after we finish your blocks on viable trends & markets. This helps you formulate your future with your family.
- Staying in touch with all our clients is the key to better management & returns to you
NZ Forestry Association
The New Zealand Forest Owners Association (FOA) represents the owners of New Zealand's commercial plantation forests. It was set up in 1926 and is now one of the country's most influential primary sector organisations.Its members own or manage around two-thirds of the country's 1.79 million hectares of plantation forests and are responsible for over 80% of the annual harvest.It is there to help the small woodlot holders and those who are not sure with regards to having harvesting etc so one can ask questions to [FOA] With annual export earnings of $4.7 billion in 2011/12, plantation forestry is New Zealand's third largest export earner. It is a major regional employer, with 6500 individuals employed in forestry and logging in 2010, and 17,615 employed in forestry and first stage processing. Read more : http://www.nzfoa.org.nz/about
FOREST GROWERS LEVY TRUST:
The Forest Growers Levy Trust has set the levy payable for the 2016 levy year (1/1 – 31/12/2016) at 27 cents per tonne of harvested wood material exclusive of GST. This is paid monthly when one is logging and paid by the consultant or the person overseeing the payment structure of a woodlot owner like us. We also pay the Contracting Crew; Truckers etc. The levy rate has remained stable at 27 cents since the implementation of the Levy Order.It is the responsibility of the FGLT to ensure that the money collected under the levy is appropriately invested in areas of research, development and promotion that will further advance NZ forestry here and overseas.However in saying that most of the export companies are in a position to find their own markets and perhaps this Trust is just another admin that really one does not need? It could mean in future they determine where the export logs go and the exporters themselves may not be able to oversee their own just like the Apple & Pear Board was once??? However early days so lets see.
Check New Management Guidelines [ Here ]
WORKSAFE:
WorkSafe is committed to helping the forestry industry raise their safety standards and lower the rate of serious harm. This means finding out how that harm is happening, and focusing on the areas where the most forestry fatalities consistently occur. The Safer Forest Harvesting National Programme has run two campaigns in identified high risk areas to date, and there are more to come. Those campaigns use engagement and education to improve knowledge and practice in the forest industry.
http://forestry.worksafe.govt.nz/
Before you start logging we must notify worksafe on the start and also address details. Failure to do so incurs a $5000 instant fine. We make sure all starts are informed & all signage in place. We also make sure all workers have the designated safety gear; are all licensed; and comply with the rules of Worksafe NZ.
In past performances this was not the case that we have witnessed hence why we have decided to use our skills to assist forestry owners.
MANUKA FOR HONEY
Before you start replanting back in Pinus radiate you need to look at what will return the best for your investment. Logging for pinus in 2016 you will find that the net cost to log you only will receive approx 1/2. There is now a levy paid for all logs coming out of the ground whether domestic or export. This levy is paid to the Forestry Assoc formed in 2014 --for amongst other things research. The costs are increasing even though oil prices have dropped but until NZ suffers from the inevitable world crash which must happen then you the woodlot owners will be at the mercy of costs GST and ticketing the boxes. We have found some consultants charge 5% and then add more on to the truckers and the contractors. Worse still the woodlot owners is not given the updates they should have hence why we have decided to come into play. We are also working on FCL containers on backloads to Asia and as we own a shipping company good news will happen soon. The cost for bulk carrier of logs out of NZ is not cheap and by using backloads of containers we feel we can give the woodlot owner even better $$$$.
But getting on to honey: if you wish to plant into manuka then now is the time to order for 2017 plants. There is a world shortage of honey from manuka. Leptospermum varieties [Tea Tree] Leptospermum scoparium offer farmers the best soltions for growing on erosion blocks or where Pine has been cut. There is a grant one can get via the Afforestation Scheme called [ AGS] so please ask us as applications are being accepted as at April 2016.
BUYING MANUKA PLANTS: Forest Floor
Forest Floor prices exclude gst. Phone (09) 4347 216 email: sales@forestfloor.co.nz Nursery open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday or by appointment Nursery location: 400 metres along Mangakahia Rd.on RHS, Maungatapere, Northland
Leptospermum scoparium manuka: Very hardy shrub with sharply pointed aromatic leaves, profuse white to pink flowers Shelter, used in revegetation as pioneer, floral display, first rate medicinal honey and oil, superb firewood Northland native Adaptable to wide changes of environment, tolerate wet, dry, hot or cold wind or salt spray tea-tree
Plants in Rootpruner 63 tray:
$1.17 per 1000; $1.27 per 100 plants; $1.37 per 10+ per plants; $2.00 =per each
10cm sq (1 ltr) = $3.19 per 10+ per plants; $3.75 =per each
As at Jan 2017 the export schedules are very high: Book your forestry block now as the 90's trees will be ready soon & or the export schedules may well drop this year????
Please send us the following information:
 Approx acreage of trees in hectares or acres & where? |
| If tracks are in the block therefore access to the whole block ? |
| How old in years of trees and if pruned/unpruned/or stages |
| How close to roadways / how close to any buildings |
| Any streams or rivers in or near the block |
We will then get back to you
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Check Why it’s important to be safe in the forest
Call or email us today for a free quotation of your forestry lots. Forerstry Logging is at a high as at
Feb 2017 so get the best prices for your logs.
We provide Logging services from consulations to the final logging. Fully Insured & Qualified we can move our equipment anywhere in the Lower North Island. We cover anywhere in the North Island even Taranaki to Wanganui to and as far South as Levin and Otaki, Waikanae, Paraparaumu & Wellington, Wairarapa ----- and work in all these areas every year. We specialise in all aspects of Forestry Tree work including Planting, Pruning, contract thinning reduction works, Thinning of your trees to even removal of trees if you need. We are a NZ Company with full certification and can provide you with the current schedules for export logging. We also make sure you get value for money as no logs are wasted with our local timber suppliers who carry logs not destined for the export market.
WORK INDEMNITY:
All workers are certified as are all the equipment used. All customers we work in hand to hand with you and your neighbours to get the best possible routes into your block should we have access problems. We also provide you with all the rating schedules for your logs and what your forestry stand will receive. Just send us an email for further info:
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We employ skilled harvesting and marketing sevices for all facets of Forestry and use the up to date machines to get you the forestry owner maximum profit in the short space of time.
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