Trustwood Forests (NZ) Limited is a forestry development, management and consultancy company specializing in the acquisition and development of land for the establishment of forests on the East Coast region of New Zealand.

Trustwood was incorporated in 1993, by Robert Hill, George Bogiatto to promote and establish forestry projects on behalf of individual clients, including a public company prospectus for the acquisition and logging of mature woodlots. Since incorporation the company has acquired over 16,000 acres of forestry land of which over 14,000 acres has been planted in radiata pine. In addition to its own forestry holdings Trustwood undertakes the management, establishment and supervision of planted forests for a number of trusts as well as individual clients.

The company has the capability and the resources to carry out the following types of assignment:

Establishment and Management of Plantation Forests: Planning, programming, prescribing, supervising, quality control and reporting.

Harvesting Marketing: Covering logging planning and logging contracts, log grading and marketing, log pricing and sale contracts, log measurement systems, information and account systems, transport and including the marketing of uncommon hardwood or softwood species.

Inventory of Forests: This can cover the full range of tasks, ie. aerial photography, mapping, crop typing, inventory design development of volume and taper functions (in association with NZ Forest Research Institute) and volumetric sampling on the ground and using photo interpretation and photogrammetry.

Yield Forecasting: Preparing forecasts of future log production for an existing or new industry based on inventory and growth data supplied or collected specially for the project.

Cash Flow Modelling and Project Evaluation: This will be based on inventory and yield forecasting and subsequently costing forest management, harvesting and log transport and valuing returns from log marketing.

Operational Planning: Setting out schedules of operations and defining and prescribing techniques for forestry, agroforestry and indigenous management projects.

Forest Valuation: For an asset sale or for accounting purposes.

Information and Reporting Systems: Designing and implementation of mapping and other record systems for forest managements.

Pruned Stand Certification: The company has two registered auditors able to carry out Pruned Stand Certification under the Forest Research Institute P.S.C. Service.

Environmental Impact Studies: Covering land use and infrastructural development associated with plantation management and operations in indigenous forest.

The principals of the company have a wide range of technical, management and legal experience in both large scale plantation forestry and in small scale operations involving woodlot, shelter belt and native forest management.

The Directors

 

Robert J. Hill (MNZIF) is an experienced forest manager. Robert entered the forest industry in 1979 and worked in the development of new plantations for a number of regional forest development schemes in Perthshire and the Scottish Highlands, before emigrating to New Zealand in 1987. Robert is familiar with all aspects of forest planning and establishment and has been responsible for setting up a number of field studies including the development of over 8000 hectares of forestry land on behalf of Trustwood Forests (NZ) Limited and individual clients. Robert has experience with the Resource Management Act and has been directly involved in nature conservancy, sites of archaeological significance, liaisons with local council, conservation departments and the Ministry of Forestry. Robert currently fulfills a role in strategic development for the company, which includes project evaluation and acquisition. He has acquired specialist knowledge of the East Cape region of New Zealand and is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry.

 

George Bogiatto LLB, an Auckland Barrister and Solicitor, formerly a senior partner with the law firm Grove Darlow and now with his own practice, has been actively involved in specialist forestry advice. George has created a number of Forestry Rights under the Forestry Right Registration Act and he is well versed with all aspects of forestry contracts, forestry fire insurance, public liability, local government and the Resource Management Act. George undertakes all legal work for the company.

 

Contract Support Personnel

Dave Elliott B.Sc(NZ) Dip.For (Canberra) N.Z.I.F., was Conservator of Forests Rotorua and subsequently Regional Manager, Central Region of NZ Timberlands Limited, before setting up as an independent consultant. In addition to his experience in forestry administration and management he has specialist knowledge of forest mensuration, modeling, planning and valuation, based on involvement in the development of computer systems and in their practical application in large-scale plantation management when he was Principal Forester at Kaingaroa Forest and in planning at a national level when he was Director of Planning with the Forest Service. Dave has also been involved in the developments of techniques for harvesting and silviculture in indigenous forests. As a consultant he has been involved in project evaluation, forest inventory and valuation and in the production of management plans and indicative development plans. Dave is recognized by the New Zealand Institute of Forestry as a General Forestry Consultant.

 

Garry Townley B.For.Sc, NZIF, is a professional forester who graduated in 1986 and has worked in New Zealand, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands on a wide range of assignments. Garry's most specialized expertise is in forestry inventory and the operational planning of silvicultural and harvesting operations as well as the training of local people to assist and undertake this work. Garry is familiar with stand modeling and forest modeling, inventory techniques (including MARVL pre-harvest inventory) and forest valuation. He has also worked as a silvicultural supervisor and contractor and is thoroughly familiar with radiata pine silvicultural practices in New Zealand.

 

P.F. Olsen & Co Ltd, the largest independent provider of forestry management and consulting services in New Zealand, has been engaged to oversee silvicultural tending on a local basis.

 

Rex Barker, Gisborne Operations Manager for PF Olsen & Co, has 22 years in the forest industry and is responsible for the front line supervision of contractors, quality control and mark-ups within the Trustwood estate.

 

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TRUSTWOOD FORESTS
(NZ) LIMITED

Peninsula Road, Onemana
New Zealand.

PO Box 21, Whangamata
New Zealand

 Phone +64 7 865 6944