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Forestry for Life
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2 FORESTRY AWARDS
Work hard and you will do well
Ricky Kuru was a dad at 14, and in jail at Plus I thoroughly enjoy it and to get paid for
Multi-generational company
18. it is a bonus.”
Today, at 46 years old, Ricky represents
tenacity and the results of hard work after
being named the Eastland Wood Council’s
Skilled Forestry Professional of the Year. Ricky Kuru and his wife Leanne have finding skilled and trained workers for the
He is the only person who has won the been together 28 years. She “tidied him up jobs.
supreme title twice. He also collected the a bit”, he says. “Relying on people is hard. These days
individual Roading Excellence Award. They came to Gisborne for a job many now you are winning if someone just turns
Speaking from the top of a hill on a years ago, and this was followed by an up for work each day. I don’t know what’s
cellphone with patchy coverage, Ricky opportunity to go into business. going to happen in the future.”
described himself as “just a worker”. Kuru Contracting has grown into a Ricky says he employs two “greenhorns”
“I’m the owner but I’m one of the boys.” 100-strong team. It is a multi-generational (novices) a year and trains them up. He says
Ricky couldn’t make it to the awards night company owned by Ricky that for the past if every forestry contracting company did
last Friday because he was working under 16 years has provided road line harvesting the same there would be 60 more people on
floodlights at Rawhiti Forest. He got his and road construction services to Hikurangi the East Coast in forestry.
second in command Ma Parata to accept the Forest Farms, and many others before that. “But not all contractors are doing it — I
award on the company’s behalf. He has made a lot of money and lost a sort of feel alone.”
7 “It’s not about winning something, it’s
just recognition from the other people in the
industry.”
MO lot of money along the way. After one bad
business deal he lost $850,000 and spent
four years paying it back before starting all
Ricky feels the change needs to come
from the education system to make sure the
forestry industry does not get left behind.
He is appreciative of Ma who can navigate
uce through this new generation, as Ma knows
CONGRATULATIONS RICKY: This is dow
over again.
Ricky does not give up and he gives
It needs to encourage school leavers to
look at all opportunities available, he says.
a lot more about the technical stuff like Ricky Kuru in 2013 — he says he hasn’t credit to “the Good Lord above”. Sheldon Drummond, who chaired the
“Facebook and that Google s**t”. changed at all. “I’m still fat, and grey, with A lot has changed in the industry awards judging panel, praised Ricky Kuru
“I just want to be one of the boys and drive no hair”, he says with a chuckle. But to recently, especially the focus on Health and and his crew.
a machine” the forestry industry, Ricky is a top man
and one of the hardest working in the Safety, he says. “He has diversified over the years and
His favourites are the 80 tonne Cat digger Ricky also re-invests in his company. continued to develop excellence, while
and the mechanical felling machine for business. He employs 100 people over
four forestry crews but prefers to be “one In October he invested $4 million in providing excellent service to the companies
chopping down trees. equipment so he could crush his own metal he works for,” said Mr Drummond.
of the boys” and drive the machines — he
He leads by example, and often works more leaves all the other stuff to his second in for the roads the company creates. There “There were several others very close for
than 100 hours a week — “all by choice”, he charge Ma Parata. At 46 years-old, Ricky are four quarries (three of these are in that overall award, but Ricky came through
says. has many working years left, and wants Ruatoria) they get their rock from to crush. as a clear winner in the end.”
“To be honest, it’s the way I was brought up to encourage young East Coast people to The biggest problem the industry faces is
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TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Attendees at the Eastland Wood Council’s Forestry Awards event
last Friday were left in no doubt that this was their event.
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4 FORESTRY AWARDS
People focus for new Eastland Wood Council CE
THE Eastland Wood Council’s new chief Aotearoa and EIT (as a senior manager) — as manager.” members of the community have about the
executive Kim Holland is looking forward well as youth career development with Careers Ms Holland recognises forestry is an work in the forestry industry, she says.
to working with the passionate people in the NZ. Her most recent work experience has important contributor to the district’s “It is both an exciting and challenging
forestry industry. been economic development project manager economy. time to take on the chief executive role
She originally came to Gisborne for a year with Activate Tairawhiti. “It provides jobs for a large number of of the Eastland Wood Council, with the
in 1992 and has not left since. “Each of these roles has enabled me to build our people and whanau, both directly and implementation of the generation programme,
“I love Gisborne, the lifestyle, climate, the strong cross sector relationships,” she said. indirectly. working with other stakeholders aimed at
beaches, and the people. I enjoy keeping fit, She has prior experience in the forestry “It is not without the employment meeting employment and training needs, led
pilates and yoga, and look forward to skiing in industry with initiatives such as the Forestry challenges — the need to develop and by the industry.”
winter.” Industry Big Day Out. In 2015 Ms Holland enhance a more positive image, and profile She is keen to work with other stakeholders
Ms Holland’s husband is from Gisborne, was involved with a profile on the industry the highly skilled, technical requirements of and develop new education to employment
and they brought up their two boys here. Her with a video called Shideen’s Story working in such a complex industry — today initiatives, and ways to include whanau, to
sons are now based in Auckland, and is a “At last year’s forestry awards I was proud and in the future,” she says. improve the perceptions, and to showcase
proud grandmother of two grand children. to see Shideen Nathan receive a scholarship A key reason for applying for this position career pathways and training opportunities
She has worked in education, the tertiary/ for her further study at Toi Ohomai, as she is that the forestry industry is taking an active available across the industry.
training sector — including Te Wananga o continues her journey to become a forest and proactive approach to ensure that their “Everyone I have ever met in forestry
workforce skill and training needs are is passionate about the industry, and I am
articulated, providing industry led solutions, looking forward to working with them and my
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Prue Younger now chief executive of FICA
FORMER Gisborne woman Prue governance roles in sport, health and and lift the profile of the forestry contractor As well as supporting contractors in her
Younger is looking forward to her new community trusts. industry sector. new role, Ms Younger can potentially belong
role as the chief executive of the Forestry As director of Public Impressions Ltd, “I want to get as many New Zealand to more national groups and get closer to
Industry Contractors Association she has also been instrumental in the forestry contractors as members and the action of the coalition Government,
(FICA). establishment of several forestry award improve the value they are getting out of the especially with the “billion trees” programme
Chief executive of the Eastland Wood campaigns around the country and in organisation. We can do more in supporting over the next decade.
Council (EWC) for two and a half years, Australia. business development, training and give more Ms Younger says her role with the EWC
Ms Younger said that role was a great EWC chairman Iain McInnes said help around the introduction of technological has given her a great foundation to support
introduction into the industry. Ms Younger would be a great loss to the advancement.” her new role and she thanks EWC for its
“I was approached about the role with council. Now based in Napier, her new job will take valuable introduction into forestry.
FICA and saw similarity with what I “She has really moved the organisation her all around the country. “It is an often dangerous and risky industry
had been doing with the Eastland Wood forward and set the benchmark for what “I will still be spending some time in and hard as far as work goes. Everyone I
Council. FICA is a national organisation a wood council can achieve.” Gisborne. It is the region with the most have met loves their job and that has made
representing forestry contractors In her first month, the FICA website FICA members involved.” me more passionate to back them.”
involved in the industry with harvesting, and social media has been rebranded and
silviculture and roading.” updated.
Ms Younger has an extensive “We are moving very quickly to a new
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THE first Gisborne harvesting contractor and safety practices. It has been independently audit went beyond the paperwork, with a large to crew members, and going through questions
to become Safetree Certified throughly assessed by an auditor as meeting industry good part of it being on-site and interacting with the with relevant crew members regarding specific
recommends the scheme. practice standards. crew.” critical risk areas.”
“It is setting a benchmark for our industry Mr Diack said Raywood had previously been Certification has meant much more than a Mr Diack said the crew had a “really good
and I think we should support it,” says Kelvin tertiary accredited under the ACC Workplace qualification. culture” and the audit confirmed this.
Diack of Raywood Contracting. Safety Management Practices (WSMP) “It has given our crew a huge sense of “The men know the work they do is high
He says a lot of Gisborne contractors would Programme which has now ceased. achievement. This audit was not just about the risk. They look out for each other and work
be well placed to achieve certification. “We had been to a couple of seminars and paperwork — it was good for the crew to show hard to achieve a high safety standard. The
“I would like to think that over the next year had heard about the Safetree Certificate scheme the auditor what we do on-site and to talk with sense of achievement from being recognised for
to 18 months quite a few Gisborne contractors that was coming and wanted to support this him about their point of view.” this is a huge boost for them.”
will be on the certification register. I would also Safetree initiative to improve forest industry Mr Diack said it was great to have a national The certification was not just about health
like to see the forest owners and companies safety and professionalism. industry standard. He was also pleased that his and safety. It was also about the people and how
encourage and support their contractors to “Last year our faller became certified under company was achieving their certification to they interact and manage health and safety on
achieve certification.” the Safetree Faller Certification and the crew that standard. site.
The certification means the company now was keen to apply for the Safetree Contractor “We can always improve, and that will be our “Key to a safe workplace is having a good
has an official stamp of approval for its health Certification. We also liked the idea that this aim for the next audit.” crew culture and this audit looks at that aspect.
He added that the online application was “There is no financial gain from achieving
not difficult — it just involved questions Safetree Contractor Certification — but it
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Contractor certification is one of three key
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SIGNIFICANT SECTOR:
Activate Tairawhiti general
manager economic
development Steve Breen
says opportunities abound
in forestry.
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IMPRESSIVE scope and size continues demonstrated by Eastland Community Trust’s Overall, the general economic state of the seeing an increase in economic activity. This is
to raise the profile of regional forestry says (ECT) major investment in the ex-Prime region is currently positive, says Mr Breen, being reflected in upward trends in real estate
Activate Tairawhiti general manager economic sawmill site and consequential businesses like with forestry playing a major part in its prices.
development Steve Breen. Wet Gisborne Limited and Far East Sawmill progression. “It is all a result of the growing interest in
“The scale of plantation forests coming up that this is attracting. “We have had a good season for sheep and living, visiting and working in this region.
for harvest here, means forestry continues to “Since the purchase of the Prime Site, Far beef, there has been a rise in tourism activity People are coming here because there is work
cement its place as a significant sector within East Sawmill has employed 40 staff so that is and investment into horticulture and wood and opportunity, and that is a big plus for
our region.” 40 new jobs for Tairawhiti locals. This number processing. Across all these sectors we are Tairawhiti.”
Mr Breen says a few years ago forestry is projected to grow.”
might have flown a little under the radar but Wet Gisborne Limited employs 20 staff.
its increasing size now makes it an undeniably Mr Breen says an important piece of the
major economic presence. puzzle is the work being done to develop
“The opportunities from forestry will a regional Wood First Policy — creating
only continue to rise in the region as people the right environment within the region
see the activity generated, the logs, the port to support investment into forestry and
expanding, even signage around the city — value-added wood products, through further
the visibility is growing as harvests come on processing.
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“Now is the opportunity for maximising the and wood products, particularly in the
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more jobs for locals and a healthier economy.” demand and giving industry the confidence
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The journey of a log
Arrival one company; and PFP183202 was handled
by ISO.
Log PFP183202 travelled down Kaiti
The first job for ISO staff was to measure
Beach Rd on one of the 150 trucks that visits
the width of PFP183202 while it was still
Eastland Port every day. Before entering
at Eastland Port
on the truck. Known as scaling, two people
the port the truck was driven onto a weigh
worked together standing on specially
bridge - a huge set of scales for trucks. The
designed gangways to safely reach it. Four
driver leaned out the window and swiped an
trucks can be scaled simultaneously taking up
electronic tag past a machine. This activated
to 10 minutes per truck.
the scales and the truck and its load were
PFP183202’s information was taken to
At Eastland Port we’re often asked ‘what happens to the logs when they get automatically weighed. The port gates then
the nearby scaling station office where an
there?’ So earlier this week we followed the journey of one log to find out. opened.
ISO staffer generated a barcode tag. The
Eastland Port is New Zealand’s most efficient log port, and around 12,000 Marshalling and scaling marshalling staff stapled the tag to the log
Log PFP183202 was driven into the officially giving PFP183202 its name.
cubic metres of logs are trucked in, marshalled, and exported to China,
marshalling and scaling station area where Unchaining
Korea, India and Japan every day. staff from either ISO or C3, receive cargo.
Log PFP183202 was then driven into one
On port, the gritty and demanding business of getting the logs from truck to ISO and C3 provide marshalling and
of the five unchaining lanes where the driver
stevedoring services directly to exporters and
ship is the shared responsibility of three companies: Eastland Port, ISO, and shipping companies. A log will be handled
(a male on this day), removed the chains from
C3. Here’s what happens told through the journey of log: PFP183202. during its entire journey at Eastland Port by
(continued over page)
PFP183202 IS BARCODED AT THE SCALING STATION. ISO’S PAUL COKER ALONGSIDE PFP183202
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• 66 vessels loaded at Eastland Port ‒ over 5 vessels
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• Over 3 million logs received, stored, shipped and
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• $181 million paid to forest owners with market
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(from previous page) Once unloaded, the driver was given the all minutes. IVS Sunbird was guided out to sea
clear to leave, which he did, via the trailer lift by Eastland Port’s marine team on Tuesday as
his truck and trailer. He called up an ISO area. Truck drivers are on port a total of 30-90 she headed for Tauranga. It will take 18 days
marshaller on a hand-held RT to let him minutes per visit. to sail to Lanqiao, China, where PFP183202
know what grade of logs he had, and received will be unloaded and taken to a factory to be
instructions where to drive next. Transfer to ship peeled and turned into high quality veneer for
PFP183202 sat on port for four days. Most the local furniture industry.
Stacking
Eastland Port is divided into bays and
blocks. Log PFP183202 was driven to bay
logs wait between two to eight days for the
correct ship to come in.
IVS Sunbird berthed on a Sunday. Log
Records broken
Last year Eastland Port, C3, and ISO
Did you know?
three where it was met by ISO operators PFP183202 was taken from its stack by a high shifted nearly three million tonnes of logs 178 ships berthed at
driving pivot loaders and material handling lift machine and placed onto a shuttle truck breaking all previous records for wood
high lift machines. A pivot loader is a front trailer on Monday. These trucks, synonymous exported. That record was testament to the
Eastland Port last year.
end loader with a grapple instead of a bucket. with airports and ports, are specially designed hard work and cooperation of everyone They were comprised of logging,
A high lift machine has a long boom so logs tractor units with trailers. Once on the shuttle on port. Eastland Port general manager
can be shifted from low to high places. produce, fertiliser and cruise ships.
truck PFP183202 was scanned by one of ISO’s Andrew Gaddum says the port’s logistics and
PFP183202 was stacked as part of a neat stevedores then driven alongside IVS Sunbird. efficiency are a competitive advantage and
log pile between custom-made bookends. PFP183202 was picked up in a group of everyone is always working to improve. The
This part of the process took just five to six logs by the ship’s crane and dropped carefully fact that there were no significant safety issues
minutes and the truck driver stayed in his cab into the hold. PFP183202’s journey from identified or reported during the year was a
the whole time. its log stack to the ship’s hold took just 15 credit to everyone.
PFP183202 MAKES ITS WAY TO THE SHIP VIA AN ISO SHUTTLE TRUCK. IVS SUNBIRD BEFORE SHE CAME INTO PORT.
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UP to 60 forestry graduates could be placed Employment Minister Willie Jackson said
in sustainable and high-paying forestry jobs the Generation Programme would be the first
each year as a result of new Government initiative to benefit from the Government’s
funding to support an Eastland Wood $13.27 million employment scheme.
Council (EWC) training programme. The scheme targets high levels of youth
EWC’s Generation Programme will unemployment in Tairawhiti, Te Taitokerau,
receive $220,000 from the Government’s He Eastern Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay.
Poutama Rangatahi employment scheme and “This is the start of our commitment to
an additional $60,000 from the Ministry of support the Tairawhiti community,’’ said Mr
Social Development (MSD). Jackson.
The Generation Programme is a three year Former EWC chief executive Prue Younger
pilot programme that will provide a pipeline said the Generation Programme would take
of attraction, recruitment, training and students into the forestry base camp for a
retention into the Forest industry. month.
A key component of the programme Students would study for 30 hours each
includes the Forestry Base Camp Induction week and receive ‘‘a huge introduction into
Course aimed at providing comprehensive the industry”.
entry level training. “It is really just holding kids’ hands to make
The programme will provide mapped sure they’re ready to step into the big wide
career pathways for trainees to opt into the world.”
strand that interests them such as silviculture, Students would then engage with a
science, management, transport and logistics, employer in a “buddy-type” situation.
port, infrastructure, roading and engineering. They would be paid and released for part-
Along with ongoing pastoral care and time courses in local training organisations
support which is a critical element for the and gain work experience in their first year.
success of the Generation Programme, Students would continue training with their
both from an employee and an employer employer, in their second year.
perspective. “After two years there won’t be much you
Once trainees are in the Generation won’t know about the industry.
Programme they will transition into paid “You will be qualified.
employment with a certified employer and You will be well paid and have some dollars
will have both on-site and off-site training. in your back pocket.”
Their journey through the programme Ms Younger said the Generation
will be supported with pastoral care and Programme would produce 12 graduates in
mentoring to ensure successful outcomes, for the first year, 30 in the second and 60 in the
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THIS region’s forestry awards have With about 500 people coming this year,
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calendar, says Eastland Wood Council year that just about everyone in the local
chairman Iain McInnes. industry got together.
Numbers attending have more than It was an opportunity for those who just
doubled since the awards were instituted nine got out and got on with their jobs to network
years ago, he said. and compare notes.
As well as rewarding excellence in the “It’s a great chance to recognise the
industry, the gala event was becoming efforts.”
another way for contractors to reward their The local awards have proved so successful
crews. that other regions are now following suit.
“It is really pleasing to see the number of Mr McInnes said that Northland,
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soft and sloppy,” he says. will inevitably run out of traction, especially if experienced operators. His company Cranswick the awards this year.
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New judge on the block: Dan Fraser
DAN Fraser is the Tairawhiti regional of the fence putting forward a lot of worthy “Our loggers are getting well paid these exciting work in progress.”
manager for forest management and nominees,” he said. days, but they probably don’t get much in Mr Fraser says of the calibre of this
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