Hands off South Westland
A determined bid by the Forestry Corporation's regional manager David Hilliard to set aside some South Westland World Heritage forests for logging led to some top level lobbying recently by our resident kiwi. Mr Hilliard, who has been sitting on the Blakeley Committee along with conservation representative Kevin Smith, has been pressing for logging of prime forests, including Hunt's Beach, containing one of the finest remaining kahikatea stands in the country. Just before a meeting of the committee, on June 7, members of Forest & Bird and the Maruia Society protested in front of the Forestry Corporation's Head Office in Wellington. Then kiwi, fresh from being hatched to launch the Kiwi Conservation Club,
presented Forestcorp’s chief executive, Andy Kirkland, with a letter expressing our concerns. We hope this last minute pressure may help in saving the forests, but the report of the Blakeley Committee is still to confirm that.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 19, Issue 3, 1 August 1988, Page 10
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152Hands off South Westland Forest and Bird, Volume 19, Issue 3, 1 August 1988, Page 10
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