Providing a Comprehensive Forest Management Service

New Zealand Forest Managers (NZFM), is a privately owned company that has been operating since 1989. The company is a specialised contract forest management organisation that provides commercial forest owners with a comprehensive management service covering the full range of operations from forest development, protection and investment through to harvesting and marketing.

NZ Forest Managers manages plantation forests across the North Island of New Zealand.

All management functions are coordinated from the company office located in Turangi, 55 kms south of Taupo. While the majority of our forests are located in the Taupo District, NZFM currently manages forests within 4 Regions and 10 Districts of New Zealand.

Clients include:

Lake Taupo Forest Trust

Lake Rotoaira Forest Trust

Ministry for Primary Industries

Global Forest Partners

Te Awahohonu Forest Trust

New Forests NZ Pty Limited

The Rohatyn Group

Taupo District Council

80,000 ha

Management responsibility including planning, development, protection, harvesting and marketing for 80,000 hectares of planted forest.
4,500 ha

Management of forest development programmes including 4,500 hectares per annum of restocking and new planting.
7,000 ha

Forest investment programs comprising 7,000 hectares per annum of pruning and thinning.
59,000 ha

Forest Stewardship Council certification covering 59,000 hectares of planted forest.
1 Million+ m3

Harvesting and marketing of 1 Million m3 of logs per annum generating total sales of over $120 million.

NZFM employs 300 staff and contractors to carry out these functions. All staff employed in management roles hold tertiary qualifications in forestry and are widely experienced in a range of forest management activities.

NZFM is structured primarily to provide a total management service to forest owners.

Health & Safety

Environmental Policy

Social Impacts

Guiding Principles

NZFM trades in forest produce on the client’s behalf only. The company does not buy and sell logs in its own right. This is an important principle as it eliminates any potential conflicts of interest that could arise if the company was selling its own logs in competition with a client’s logs.
NZFM does not own or have an interest in or any affiliation to log processors. This independence allows NZFM to operate without encumbrance in meeting its objective of selling logs to maximise returns to the forest owner.

Forest Certification

NZ Forest Managers (NZFM) first achieved Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) Certification by the international certification programme on the 30th of April 2002 (certification number SGSCH-FM/COC-001016). FSC® certification means that the forests are managed according to a set of environmental, social and economic standards. The forests have been independently inspected and evaluated according to the FSC® Principles and Criteria.

FSC® certified forests managed by NZ Forest Managers include Lake Taupo Forest, Rotoaira Forest, Te-Rangiita Forest, Te Whenua 1 Forest, Te Whakao Forest, Mangakoura Forest, Waiotaka Forest, Opepe Forest, Taupo Estate and Kaimanawa Forest, Hingarae Forest, Tregoweth Forest, Hauhungaroa 1C Forest, and Wairakei (Zentral) Forest.

In meeting our certification responsibilities, operations are guided by a sound Environmental Management System which applies to all forests and forest operations. The NZFM EMS ensures that all activities are carried out in accordance with the NZFM Environmental Policy, Objectives and Standards. The purpose of the EMS is to ensure that NZFM consistently manages the environmental aspects of its operations and it ensures that NZFM can meet the environmental requirements of its business partners, environmental legislation and industry codes of practice.

The NZFM EMS contains background information, Management Procedures, Operational Procedures, Checklists/Guidelines and Documents that encompass all forest operations. An example of one of these is the NZFM Dispute Resolution Process, which is available on request.