Objectives
Our VISION
Northland Forestry will be a vibrant, sustainable, and respected industry in the region.
Our MISSION
The mission of the Northland Wood Council is to provide a forum for its members to promote, enhance and co-ordinate areas of strategic common interest in the Northland region.
Ruia taitea kia mahue ko taikaka anake
(Strip away the sapwood so only the heartwood remains)
Our KEY OBJECTIVES
Standards
- Encourage and promote best practice in all aspects of operation within the sector.
- Interact with local authorities in preparing and finalising regional and district plans.
- Prepare resource information and assessments of the regional economic and environmental effects of forestry.
- Support health and safety initiatives and measures.
- Support and advice institutions which provide forestry skills and training.
- Advocate for Best practice inHealth, Safety and Environmental Management.
- Actively engage with Regional and District councils on environmental issues.
- Promote and encourage forest Industry Training and forestry career opportunities.
Influence
- Provide a forum for members to jointly develop strategies and action plans on matters of common interest.
- Work to improve the community and political perception of forestry.
- Facilitate the process of developing best practice guidelines and standards with local authorities and statutory regulators.
- Liaise with other forest bodies, NZFOA, FISC, FICA, SCION, FFA.
- Encourage political and community support for the wood industry in the Northland wood supply region.
- Stay abreast of regulatory matters impacting the members.
- Stay abreast of local Government strategies and policy impacting forestry.
- Be the voice of the commercial plantation forestry industry in Northland.
- Be the forum for consolidating the views of the members.
- Encourage a positive image in the eyes of the community.
Promotion
- Establish a collective voice for the wood industry to achieve the industry’s aims collectively rather than individually.
- Enhance the business environment for commercial forestry in the Northland region by bringing participating persons and companies with a common interest in these forest enterprises.
- Engender political and community support for the forestry industry in Northland.
- Enhance the image of forestry in the Northland region and its many communities.
Future
- Be involved with research, science and knowledge development on the Northland wood supply region.
- Promote and encourage new technologies designed to take forestry forward.
- Promote and encourage initiatives that will attract people to our industry.
- Provide a forum for members to jointly develop strategies on matters of common interest.