A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

- Dean Acheson
 

For your guidance, log shipping ports operate at:

	Whangarei (Northland Province - top of the North Island)
	Auckland (major northern port - ships 3.4M m3 P.A.)
	Tauranga (East Coast North Island)
	Napier - Gisborne (also East Coast North Island Ports)
	Wellington Capital port - deep water loading)
	Nelson (North West Coast South Island)
	Lyttleton (East Coast South Island)
	Dunedin / Bluff (Southern South Island Ports)

For your guidance -

	A typical shipload of logs averages 27,000 M T (metric tonnes)
	A typical tree at clearfell will yield 1.5 - 2.0 M T
	Therefore, to derive a shipload would require 18,000 trees.
	Good forestry management practice in New Zealand yields 325 trees per ha at clearfell.
	This would require 55 - 60 ha to produce a shipload of logs.
	As a further guide to you through acquiring well-managed, mature (age 24 - 28 years) trees only, the current market price in New Zealand is approximately NZ$20,000 to NZ$25,000 per ha, or up to NZ$1.5 Million based on 60 ha maximum.

NB:   Radiata Pine forests in New Zealand have a rotation of approximately 28 years from seedlings to mature trees.

Source: Stephen Reidy

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