Kaingaroa Forest

The largest forest plantation in New Zealand, stretching from Lake Taupo in the south to Kawerau to the north. The headquarters of the forest are at the small settlement of Kaingaroa, 50 kilometres south-east of Rotorua.

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Chapman, Catherine, fl 1980 : Reminiscences of various people working on the Kaingaroa ...

Date: [ca 1930-1940], 1980

By: Chapman, Catherine, active 1980

Reference: MS-Papers-10881

Description: Interviews on life at Kaingaroa, work and bringing up families in the bush Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Spectrum (Radio documentary) Material collected and recorded by Catherine Chapman of NZ Forest Service in 1980; used in Spectrum radio documentary 1981 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with ms annotations (photocopies)

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[Peter, Juliet], 1915-2010 :[Kain]garoa area [1950s?]

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010

Reference: A-434-006

Description: Shows a landscape of rolling hills with young pine trees planted in the foreground. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 205 x 290 mm.

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[Watkins, Douglas J fl 1950s] :Kaingaroa Forest. With the compliments of the New Zealan...

Date: 1956 - 1962

By: Watkins, Douglas James, 1925-2012; New Zealand Forest Service

Reference: B-051-020-a

Description: A logging truck passing through Kaingaroa Forest, with the Taupo volcanoes in the distance Number 2 in a series of 14 posters published by the New Zealand Forest Service 1956-1962. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Two-colour offset reproduction from scraper board drawing, 440 x 320 mm

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Photographer unknown: Foresty work in Kaingaora

Date: [ca 1950s]

Reference: PAColl-6964

Description: Views of forestry work in the Kaingaroa Forest: a man comparing samples of bark against a tree; two of a man fire watching in a viewing cabin with a radio, binoculars, a rifle and a fire location plan map; three women each pushing a separate wheeled apparatus in a field; a road through the forest; six women weeding along rows of plants in a field; and three of men working with pruning hooks. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059125 to 059133 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

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Maori Misc - [Pamphlets, notes on pronounciation, letters and Dominion Museum pamphlets]

Date: 1961-1971

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-4/13

Description: Contains ephemera, correspondence, research notes and articles. Includes two Dominion Museum Education Service pamphlets relating to Maori clothing, housing, warfare and canoes [waka]. Also includes a programme of the Waihirere Maori Club which includes a description of 'The taiaha and the testament' written by Leo Fowler, a pamphlet relating to the Maori publications by Reed, and an article about the Maori rock carvings in the Kaingaroa Forest. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Bennett, Holly, fl 2002 : Papers

Date: [1958-1968]

By: Bennett, Holly, active 2002

Reference: MS-Papers-7479

Description: Comprises track instructions for Roberts Point track, Peter's Pool/Douglas track, Lake Wombat track and Callery/Warm Spring track; file recording Pelorous [sic] Sound trip by the Wellington branch, Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society trip recorded by Beryl Rountree (1958); colour centre pages of a Routeburn Track expedition; and notes on Kaingaroa Forest (1964) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs H Bennett, Brooklyn, Wellington, Jun 2002

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Gore, Ross Digby, 1904-1981 :The mystery rock carvings at Kaingaroa [ca 1957].

Date: 1928 - 1956 - 1929 - 1957

From: Gore, Ross Digby, 1904-1981 :It happened in New Zealand. [208 original drawings. Late 1940s and early 1950s].

Reference: B-140-016

Description: Six-panelled account of some mysterious Maori carvings in a cliff face, possibly of ancient origin, found during the planting of Kaingaroa Forest These illustrations were reproduced in New Zealand newspapers during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The newspapers included The Evening Post, Auckland Star, Christchurch Star Sun, Taranaki Herald, Southern Cross, Students' Digest, Greymouth Evening Star, Evening Star (Sports) Dunedin, and the Southland Daily News. In 1953, 48 of them were collected and published as a booklet called 'It happened in New Zealand' by Ross Gore. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 330 x 565 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Jenny Gibbs, of Auckland, in 1995.

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NZOHA New Zealand Forestry Corporation Pilot Oral History Project

Date: 25 Nov 1987

By: Rogers, Thomas Ellis, 1937-2013

Reference: OHColl-0165/01

Description: Pilot project involving a life history interview with employee Mr Tom Rogers who, at the time of recording, was District Manager for Bay of Plenty Timberlands. Tom Rogers was born at Kaeo in 1937. Gives details of his family background including his father's emigration in 1927 and settling in North Auckland where he married and farmed. Describes his job as Maori Land Development Supervisor. Talks about his mother's affiliation with Nga Puhi through her father. Comments on the lack of emphasis on Maori culture in his upbringing. Describes leaving high school and joining the Forest Service. Talks about his traineeship from 1955 to 1958 and the importance of training in the Forest Service. Comments on career structure in the Forest Service. Talks about indigenous production in the Service in the 1950s, the trend towards exotic plantations in the 1960s and his concentration on exotic forest management. Comments on politics in the Forest Service and management and union clashes at Kaingaroa Forest. Mentions Lew Skudder, Bernie Hornfeck and Tom Maunder. Discusses the emphasis on multiple use forestry in training in the Forest Service and the debate within Forestry Corporation about training and safety standards. Mentions two fatalities. Comments on the combination of commercial, environmental and social roles of the Forest Service. Notes that problems being dealt with by corporatisation had been recognised by the Service and comments on its paternalism. Describes events leading up to the disestablishment of the state department, attitudes of employees to the establishment of the new Corporation, personal experiences during the changeover period and implementation of the new policies. Comments on the difficulty of change, problems of reappointment and the effects on people of stress. Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Accompanying material - Transcript of an interview with Gerry Morris 3 September 1987; copy of a proposed Forestry Corporation structure for Kaingaroa Forest. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHA-011112 to OHA-011115 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.10 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1750. Photocopies of photos of Tom Roberts in 1987, at Forest Service Rangers' School about 1958, at Forestry Training Centre in 1955 and in a group of foresters.

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