SilviSafe Award Winners

Silvisafe is an annual competition designed to recognise the expertise and achievements of workers undertaking planting, pruning and thinning in NZFM managed forests. Regular assessments of both the workers skill and knowledge are completed throughout the year, and the overall competition winners are awarded at the end of each calendar year.

The prizes for the Silvisafe awards are sponsored by the contractors involved, as well as the Lake Taupo Forest Trust and the Rotoaira Forest Trust. In addition, NZFM sponsors the Silvicultural Crew of the Year and the Silvicultural Foreman of the year.

The winners for SilviSafe 2021 were:

Planting

1st – Jamie Kameta, RADS

2nd – Shammah Tarapata, RADS

3rd – Ron Whaiapo, Quentin Sweet Silviculture

Pruning

1st – Rommel Delacruz, Dean Anderson Silviculture

2nd – John Hudson, Mahi Rakau

3rd – Darren Melville, Mahi Rakau

Thinning

1st – Saimoni Vasu, Baypine Forestry

2nd - Rusiate Ravouvou, Baypine Forestry

3rd – Niumaia Yalivakadua, Mahi Rakau

NZFM Silvicultural Crew of the Year – Mahi Rakau (Thinning)

NZFM Silvicultural Foreman of the Year – Fransisco Pepito, Mahi Rakau (Pruning)

Congratulations to all the winners for your achievements, and well done to everybody who took part in Silvisafe in 2021.