INDUSTRY ORGANISATIONS
New Zealand Pine Manufacturers’ Association
The Pine Manufacturers represents New Zealand’s value adding wood processing and export sector. Pine Manufacturers comprise small to medium size and corporate businesses engaged in the manufacture of solidwood items such as furniture and components (including solid and laminated squares, edge glue panels, turnery, bent wood, and DIY products), interior fittings and fixtures (mouldings flooring, panelling, shelving), window and door components, engineered wood products (such as laminated beams and posts) and exterior products (weatherboards, fascia board, hand rails, balustrades and door jambs).
The manufacturing sector is vibrant, innovative and progressive and has engendered a spirit of action, trust and co-operation throughout its membership. The Pine Manufacturers, has a carefully focused strategic blueprint aimed to achieve growth targets through a programme structured around market development and promotion, capability building and strong networking.
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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry – advancing agriculture, horticulture and forestry for the benefit of all New Zealanders
- Provide the Government and the rural sectors with information, analysis and advice on agricultural and forestry issues.
- Work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to help win access to overseas markets for New Zealand product. We do much of the thinking behind this country’s representation in international organisations such as the World Trade Organisation and the OECD.
- Set the rules that ensure New Zealand’s food products are safe to eat. We then stamp our guarantee on export product so that overseas consumers can choose Kiwi-made food with confidence.
- Protect New Zealand’s farms and wildlife from imported pests and diseases. They work to minimise the number of foreign pests and diseases entering New Zealand, and if they do, they either eradicate them or minimise the damage caused.
- Manage Government-owned forests.
- Support rural communities with initiatives such as co-ordinating drought relief and improving telecommunications access.
- Ensure animals are treated humanely. And we encourage sustainable “environmentally friendly” farming and growing practices.
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Forest Industry Engineering Association
The Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA) is an independent non-profit association founded in 1971. It encourages the adoption of new technologies by wood processing and manufacturing companies.
Since expanding in 1998, FIEA has developed a wide range of new programmes and developed new training and troubleshooting resources. These are being used by a large number of companies throughout New Zealand and Australia to improve their profitability.
FIEA continues to grow rapidly as the main provider of independent information on new processing and products technologies and a networking agency for the forest products industries in Australasia. We run a full calendar of technical events including conferences seminars, workshops and on-site technology assessments. Regional evening meetings and site visits to new processing operations compliment these programmes in New Zealand.
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New Zealand Forest Owners Association
The membership of the Forest Owners Association (FOA) collectively owns or manages over 90 percent of New Zealand’s planted forest. The FOA represents them in dealings with government, the forest industry, regional government, statutory bodies and the general public. The Association takes an active role in the international promotion and positioning of New Zealand radiata pine resources. A range of publications on the species and its capability is also available.
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New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
The New Zealand Farm Forestry Association is a national organisation which promotes the integration of trees with farming. Current membership exceeds 3000 in 28 local branches. The members own an estimated 200,000 hectares of plantation forests.
Special interest groups within the organisation focus on special purpose timber species and indigenous forests. The Association provides members with a range of services including representation at industry level in respect of research, legal issues, forest health, and market access. It publishes a quarterly journal called The New Zealand Tree Grower
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Forest Industries Training
Forest Industries Training is New Zealand’s largest industry training organisation. It is their role to support the success of forest industries through the development of people – those who already work in forest industries and those who would like to. They also aim to increase industry safety, quality and performance through effective training programmes.
Their work falls into five areas:
- Setting the standards for forest industries qualifications
- Finding or creating training programmes that match the needs of employers and employees
- Organising the delivery of training, both on and off the job
- Keeping a record of trainees and their forest industries training qualifications
- Staying in close contact with training providers and assessors”
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New Zealand Institute of Forestry
An organisation with a proud history, the New Zealand Institute of Forestry was founded in 1927 to provide a forum where those involved in forest management, utilisation, research and consulting could exchange ideas and information and keep up to date with industry trends.
As well as the stimulus of debate and the fellowship of colleagues, the Institute encourages the highest standards of ethical and professional performance amongst its members. Today this role is even more vital in an industry that has continued to evolve and grow almost beyond recognition since its earliest days.