Tāne’s Tree Trust

Archive Database

Artificial establishment indigenous species

Project Creator
NZ Forest Service
Current Holder
Forest Research Institute
Accession Number
TTT000053
Old Accession Number
TTT000053
Location
Held in Scion archives
MS Number
FRI 54
Other Reference Number
FRI 28/6/0/2, 28/4 and 28/6 series, correspondence files
Future Storage
Forest Research Institute archives
Period
1946-1984
Volume
1000 pp in 3 ringbinders; 28/6/0/2 in 3 vols
Content
These are very active correspondence files, giving and receiving a wide range of information on all phases of artificial establishment. Vol 1 has tagged sections. Examples (No. 10 earliest): 10) Diary notes of A Mcquire, 1946. Visits to Whirinaki Nursery, Kauri plantations at Brooklands and Pukekura Parks New Plymouth. Totara cuttings used at Duncan and Davies Nursery. Prior Park, Russell Forest enrichment; 9) rimu/totara resume; 8) Establishment summary. Revegetation Maui and Hakarimata pipelines; 6) 10p memo of B. Collins on management scale podocarp planting at Whirinaki, etc.
Source
Mainly North Island, some South Island
General Note
Background information. Copies of important items are held on other correspondence files. Restoration of bare site, enrichment planting.
Sort
Sorted, indexed
Publish
Reference source only
Security
Medium
Restriction
Subject to FRI approval
Species
rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides), totara (Podocarpus totara), broadleaved species
Keywords
Establishment, Indigenous Species, Restoration
Subject Areas