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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
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Provide the Government and the
rural sectors with information, analysis and advice on agricultural
and forestry issues.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Manage Government-owned forests.
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Support rural communities with
initiatives such as co-ordinating drought relief and improving
telecommunications access.
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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 F arm
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:
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Setting the standards for
forest industries qualifications
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Finding or creating training
programmes that match the needs of employers and employees
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Organising the delivery of
training, both on and off the job
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Keeping a record of trainees
and their forest industries training qualifications
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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.
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