68 | 2.5m trees harvested each year from page 66 FORESTRY Timberlands Full Circle offer vegetation management services that cover all arboriculture services (pruning, reductions, felling, dismantles etc), site restorations (including earthworks, pest plant control, planting plans, sourcing and planting plants) and any other pest plant requirements. We have unique internal training systems that we have developed over the last 10 years so our staff can use selective herbicides to ensure reduced chemical application without reducing effectiveness alongside experienced climbers and abseilers to enable control in difficult to access sites. 97A Wairoa Road, RD1, Tauranga 3171 0800 99 39 39 hello@fullcircletrees.co.nz www.fullcircletrees.co.nz “Now it has gone full circle with forest and land owners who see the forest as a multi-generational asset — thinking the next 50 – 100 years down the line.” Currently harvesting 2.5 million trees each year, Timberlands’ generates 4.6 million tonnes of wood each year, two thirds of which stay in New Zealand with the balance being lower grades exported to China. “Most of our domestic customers are in or around our estate, “ says Ryan. “The beauty of our assets is that we have a rail hub in the middle of our forests, which connects to the Port of Tauranga for export,” he says. “That’s a huge advantage for us. We have about 10,000 kilometres of internal roading network that we maintain within our forests. “So about 55% of our trucked logs move through the estate and come out straight into the customers location.” While Timberlands employs about 150 staff charged with overseeing management of the trees and assets, a contractor workforce of around 1000 is employed to undertake operational activities including planting, silvilculture, logging and transport. “A key piece of work initiated this year is moving from an historic transactional relationship with our contractors and partners in the forest, “ says Ryan. “We want to ensure we have true relational contracts in place, where there are partnering principles that go beyond just cost, and considers how contractors view health and safety, innovation, restorative endeavours, and how we move beyond just sustaining. It’s about taking those things to the next level.” Discussions with Timberlands’ partners have been about ensuring there is an alignment of values for the long term. “While we may not get it right all the time, everyone is in agreement that we’re moving in the right direction. “We’re trying to bring principles of Te Ao Māori, which acknowledges the interconnectedness, and interrelationships of all living and non-living things. to page 70
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