Forestry

The National Plan for the protection of Kauri

In August 2022, a National Plan was launched to help protect Kauri from the PA pathogen. The National Plan includes 10 rules that apply to anyone who goes into Kauri forests, grows Kauri, or lives or works around Kauri.

For more information, visit www.kauriprotection.co.nz/national-plan 

Here’s how to protect Kauri when carrying out harvesting operations:

• Record where Kauri are near the harvesting area and keep an eye on their health - preferably from a distance. To find out Kauri locations, contact the landowner if harvesting is on private property or the Department of Conservation (DOC) if on public land.
• Avoid planting new forests around Kauri.
• Avoid new road construction through indigenous forest that contains Kauri.
• If any Kauri look sick, report this to Tiakina Kauri or your regional council.
• Note any Kauri protection requirements through consent processes for any forest harvesting. Check in with your district/regional council or DOC.

Recommendations for if Kauri are near pine forestry:

• Develop and follow a PA Risk Management Plan for forest harvesting operations (Rule 4). A ‘how to’ guide and a template for creating a PA Risk Management Plan are available here. A PA Risk Management Plan identifies all the ways dirt can be moved on your property, and how to manage each one.
• Plant new forests away from Kauri forests and Kauri Hygiene Zones.
  Plan the operations to avoid Kauri as much as possible - including in relation to the road construction,
  operating zones, skid sites, planting, spraying, and pruning.
• Prepare an Earthworks Risk Management Plan before any earthworks are carried out within a Kauri
  Hygiene Zone (Rule 5).

More information 

The New Zealand Forest Owners Association has developed comprehensive guide to protecting Kauri during forestry operations. Visit www.nzfoa.org.nz