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Video's of member's properties that include retirement and succession with trees on farms

• Brian Simms, Kaitaia, Far North branch
  Brian Simms' farm near Kaitaia in Northland combines grazing with high value trees. Tree species planted include radiata pine, blackwood and silky oak (Grevillea robusta). Brian plants for erosion control…
• Peter and Nikki Davies-Colley, Ngarakau, Whangarei, Mid-North branch
  On this 300-hectare sheep, cattle and forestry property, a whole-farm approach is taken - trees are only planted on land too steep or difficult to cultivate. Poplars are planted to…
• Peter and Pam Kelly, Dargaville, Mid-North branch
  This 300-hectare exposed dry coastal sand country is used for intensive beef production.40 ha of the worst land is in production forestry; 4-5 ha in shelter and amenity plantings have…
• John and Oriel Furniss, Aharoa, Warkworth (Lower North Branch)
  John and Oriel Furniss describe starting from scratch and their innovative approaches to tree planting and utilisation on their Lower North property. Trees provide income diversification and options for farm…
• Kyle and Madelein Brennan, Reporoa, Taupo branch
  90-hectare rolling dairy farm on pumice country milking 230 friesian cows. Natives and other amenity trees are planted in wet gullies and riparian zones. Steeper sidlings are planted with high-value…
• Gray Baldwin, Putaruru, Waikato branch
  Trees are integrated with dairy cows on the Baldwin's properties. Economic and environmental objectives are combined to maximise outputs from all land types on these intensively managed farms. The Baldwins…
• Garth and Vivienne Cumberland, Te Kuiti/Piopio, King Country, Waitomo branch
  Early plantings on this property, now under new ownership, were along agroforestry principles. Garth discusses the pros and cons of agroforestry, and how ideas have changed. Trees grown on poorer…
• Nick Seymour, Wensleydale Station, Gisborne branch
  Wensleydale demonstrates fully integrated trees and drystock farming - soil erosion control, diversified farm income, shade and shelter for post-shearing, and lambing and much more. Pine, poplar and willow, cypresses,…
• Alec Olsen, Valhalla, Hawkes Bay branch
  Trees play a big part on Alec's 300-hectare drystock rolling hill country property. Alec describes how his plantings bring multiple benefits including erosion control, shade, shelter, water quality, biodiversity, aesthetics…
• Steve Wyn Harris, Marlow Hill, Hawkes Bay branch
  A 350-hectare drystock property with 34 hectares in forestry. Trees are mainly pine; also eucalypts, cypresses and a range of nut trees. Planting has been on steeper parts of farm…
• Jeremy Thompson, Makari Farm, Taranaki branch
  A 240+ha drystock farm planted with integrated woodlots and shelter plantings. Range of species including pines, cypresses, blackwoods and redwoods. A pioneer of Forest Research's 'Agroforestry Estate Model'. Emphasises the…
• Murray Peat, King Country (Taranaki branch)
  Murray farms a 300 ha steep to rolling drystock King Country farm with highly erodible soils. Plantings are predominantly eucalypts; also range of poplars, blackwoods and some pine. High-value species…
• Victor and Christiana McIntyre, Waitui, Taranaki branch
  The McIntyre's Taranaki dairy farm has highly erodible soils. Plantings are on steeper land to control erosion, improve water quality (Clean Stream Accord), for shade and shelter benefits, and for…
• Dougal and Di McIntosh, Ratamarumaru Farm, Wanganui (Middle Districts branch)
  Large-scale farm forestry on steep, highly erodible and gorse prone Wanganui hill country. Innovative approaches to shared forest ownership have enabled the McIntoshes to stay on their farm. Some 400…
• Andy Pottinger, Annerley, Masterton, Wairarapa branch
  Rolling to steep hill country farm, with sheep, beef and forestry playing a major part on this large-scale farm business. Original plantings were for shelter, shade, soil conservation and aesthetics,…
• Clare and Terry Gavin, Murchison, Nelson branch
  Claire and Terry Gavin have a specialty timber farm forestry property near Murchison. Species established include cypresses C ovensii and C macrocarpa; also poplar, and redwoods are grown on stoney…
• Chris Dawkins, The Pyramid, Waihopai Valley, Marlborough branch
  This is a 450 ha dryland sheep and cattle property, of which 60 ha is in trees. Timber, shade, shelter, soil conservation and amenity all feature in the objectives. 80%…
• Brent and Caralyn Morrison, Rai Valley, Nelson branch
  Dairy farmers Brent and Caralyn Morrison on their 270 ha dairy farm which includes 50ha forestry and 40 ha native bush. Riparian zones and gullies fenced and planted; species include…
• Susie Thompson & Rob Danford, Hokitika, West Coast branch
  This West Coast lifestyle property features challenging paki soils but Susie and Rob have planted a wide variety of trees for various reasons. A radiata block is for a retirement…
• Tony Tripp, Snowdon Station, Central Canterbury branch
  On this 2000 hectare high country station, the original plantings in the 1970s were subsidised by the catchment board, with creating shelter the top priority. Four-row belts, two rows of…
• Robert Johnston, Ashley Gorge Station, Central Canterbury branch
  On this 1650-hectare hill country station trees were planted with catchment board subsidies in the 1970s, mainly shelterbelts to prevent soil erosion. Production forests came soon after, and native forests…
• John Prebble, Mount Blue, North Otago Branch
  In the 26 years the Prebbles have farmed at Mt Blue, they have established over 30 ha of mixed-species woodlots and shelter belts. Shelter has improved lamb survival; also pasture…
• Ken Stephens, Balclutha, South Otago branch
  Ken Stephens describes how, as a second-generation farm forester, he has carried on where his father Vic left off. The Stephens are now harvesting continuously so receiving a steady income…
• Bill Wise, Balclutha, South Otago branch
  Bill Wise has been planting trees for timber and shelter on his sheep and beef farm for 50 years on poorer, gorse-infested areas. He is now into the second rotation…
• Eoin Garden, Avenel Station, Central Otago branch
  The Garden family farm this 2000 hectare hill to high country station, producing sheep, beef, and venison. Some 200 ha is now planted as shelterbelts and woodlots with shelter a…
• Donald Gordon, Crofthead, Milton, South Otago branch
  Forty hectares of trees have been established on this Otago sheep and beef farm. Key species are radiata pine, macrocarpa and Douglas fir. The earliest plantings (planted in 1981) are…
• Alan Roulston, Hillend, South Otago branch
  A 400-hectare rolling farm with sheep, cattle, outdoor pigs and cropping. Trees have been planted in riparian zones, for shelter, timber, wildlife, fruit and nuts, and aesthetics. Stock management, animal…

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