Summit Forests started its New Zealand operations in 2013 and is now the seventh largest forestry business in New Zealand with over 50,000ha of forestry.
The estate is spread throughout iconic landscapes in Northland, the Coromandel, Whanganui, and the Gisborne and East Coast regions. We also have an office located in heart of Auckland city.
OUR VALUES
STEWARDSHIP
— KAITIAKATANGA —
Respecting and caring for the land and future generations.
INTEGRITY
— NGĀKAU TAKATAHI —
Acting ethically in conducting good business
EMPATHY
— NGĀKAU AROHA —
Putting people at the heart of everything we do
LEADERSHIP
— HAUTŪTANGA —
Growing a positive business environment and industry
HAVE FUN
— TĀKAROKARO —
Loving what we do and doing it together
GROWTH
— WHAKAWHANAKE—
Continually innovating & improving who we are and what we do
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LATEST NEWS
Teaching kids to be safe, be seen
Northland Wood Council, Holmes Group and Summit Forests New Zealand Limited partnered with Discovery Forestry to deliver the “Wood is Good’ programme to Peria School, near Kaitaia. This primary school programme has been developed to…
Let Sleeping Babies Lie
One of our contracted thinning crews — FNR Forestry 2019 Ltd — had an interesting find recently: a baby kiwi, happily asleep in its burrow in Takakuri Forest, which is in our Northland estate. North…
Supporting locals with free firewood
In an attempt to miminise slash from local forestry operations and as a way to give back to the community our Summit teams live and work in, we spearheaded an initiative to offer free firewood…
DID YOU KNOW?
Summit Forests is the biggest supplier to domestic wood mills in Northland.