OIA21-1061 
 
17 September 2021  
 
Mark Edmond 
 
[FYI request #16464 email] 
 
 
Dear Mark Edmond 
 
Thank you for your email of 21 August 2021 requesting information relating to alternative tree 
species. Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). 
 
You requested the following:  
 
In April 2014 $23k was set aside by Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo 
Goodhew to produce new information for foresters about alternative tree species to 
reduce our reliance on pinus radiata. 
Was there ever a report completed? If so can you please provide a copy or direction 
to a source. 
 
Please find attached, as Appendix One, the final report on improving access to practical 
information on cypresses and eucalypts, dated 31 July 2015.  
 
The links mentioned in the appendix have been updated and can now be accessed here:  
•  https://www.nzffa.org.nz/farm-forestry-model/resource-centre/information-leaflets/videos-
and-information-notes-2016/growing-cypresses-for-timber---videos-and-information/ 
•  https://www.nzffa.org.nz/farm-forestry-model/resource-centre/information-leaflets/videos-
and-information-notes-2016/growing-eucalypts-for-timber---videos-and-information/.  
 
I trust the information provided is of assistance. Should you have any concerns with this 
response, I would encourage you to raise these with the Ministry for Primary Industries at 
[email address]. Alternatively, you are advised of your right to also raise 
any concerns with the Of ice of the Ombudsman. Contact details are: Office of the 
Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143 or at [email address]. 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
Antonia Reid 
Director Data Insights & Forestry Policy 
 
 
Charles Fergusson Building, 34-38 Bowen Street 
PO Box 2526 
Wellington 6140, New Zealand 
mpi.govt.nz 

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