Ernslaw One Ltd

Ernslaw One Ltd

Forestry and Logging

Auckland, AUK 654 followers

Growing a future for generations to come

About us

Ernslaw is growing for the future. We are on a journey of transformation, strengthening every aspect of our business, ensuring that our assets are sustainably managed for generations to come. We are building our teams with people who are wanting to contribute in meaningful ways, work collaboratively as part of empowered teams and who are focused on doing the right things in the right way. Ernslaw owns/manages ~95,000 ha of forest land across New Zealand, making us the 4th largest forest manager in NZ. We have regional hubs in the East Coast, Southern North Island and Southland/Otago.

Website
http://www.ernslaw.co.nz
Industry
Forestry and Logging
Company size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Auckland, AUK
Type
Privately Held

Locations

  • Primary

    8 Nugent Street

    Level 4, Building B

    Auckland, AUK 1023, NZ

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Employees at Ernslaw One Ltd

Updates

  • Ernslaw are proud to support the Moana House xmas tree fundraising drive by providing up to 1,200 trees each year to sell to Dunedin locals. These xmas trees sell like hotcakes and are sourced from naturally occurring regenerating trees from Ernslaw forests. The funds raised go towards upgrading the Moana House facilities, maintenance, and furniture and the xmas tree drive is a great way to connect Moana House residents to the local community. Ernslaw has been supporting Moana House for the past 27 years.   Moana House is run by a charitable trust, the Downie Stewart Foundation, and has been in existence since 1984. They operate from ordinary houses in the suburbs and can cater for up to 19 people at a time. The therapeutic community has a strong bicultural focus, and staff have a special responsibility to help residents individually and as a group, and the Foundation as a whole, to grow and develop. Their area of expertise is working with tāne. Those who come to the house have multiple challenges to work through and Ernslaw is pleased to support Moana House in this small way each year. #MoanaHouse #Forestryisgood

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  • Mangatu fire training that took place on 4 December for those working in and around the Mangatu/Waikohu catchment area. We had a fantastic turn out this year around 50 people. We invited members from the Waipaoa station, the Mangatu Blocks, representatives from our contractor workforce as well as our Ernslaw operational team. We have several new crew members in our system so the theme for the day was introduction/refresh and building on our fire prevention and preparedness levels. This included a walkthrough of the fire store, an overview of the fire appliance, the trailers and then running our wajax and Rabbit pumps. Fire season is well and truly here, so it was pleasing to see engagement levels were high.

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  • Click on the link to read the post from Darren Mann https://lnkd.in/gzsAWi_Z There have been a couple of recent news articles around the vitality of downtown Gisborne partially attributed to the decline in the local forest industry. It appears that a growing group of people in the region believe that a full exit of forestry and also much of the pastoral land in Tairawhiti is the solution for a sustainable region. Unfortunately this rhetoric is getting far too much air time and we need to call it out. Yes there does need to be a land use change in the region where we know pine trees are not suited on the most sensitive geologies, in particular certain tertiary mudstone sites. That doesn't mean we have to transition out the whole local industry! Just think about that for a moment. The recent Informetrics report prepared for Trust Tairawhiti confirms that forestry contributes 32% to the region's tradeable GDP. That contribution also flows indirectly through into the non-tradable sector (eg. construction, retail). There are a lot of people involved right through that supply chain that play a big part in this. Many of them are young people who have made forestry their career choice and continue to develop their skills and knowledge whilst providing for their families at the same time. Think about what the social impact would be on Tairawhiti if the majority of those jobs were phased out. That should concern us greatly and we have a social responsibility to prevent that from happening. Yes there might be some commercial opportunities from growing natives whether it be biodiversity credits or plant based medicines as some pundits have suggested. Honey is also another one that gets put up but this is an industry suffering from an over supply even with reduced hive numbers far from those boom times more than a few years ago now. There is no way that these alternatives would ever come close to offsetting the economic and social cost of removing the plantation industry. The East Coast forestry grant scheme kicked off in 1992 in response to the devastating effect that cyclone Bola had on pastoral land in 1988. For the most part it achieved what it set out to which was to address serious land erosion and reduce surface sediment flows as well as create employment at the time. However we have found in recent years after a series of significant weather events that it was the wrong call on some lands. The status quo isn't acceptable in those cases and we do need to change in a sensible way and we will. Believe it or not, an environmentally sustainable and resilient region AND a vibrant forest industry are not mutually exclusive.

  • Ernslaw are delighted to have been part of the NZIF Women in Forestry breakfast at the annual conference in Nelson last week. In front of a packed room of professionals, dedicated to the forest industry, Elizabeth Heeg, CEO of the Forest Owners Association, sparked great discussion on some of the big challenges we face as an industry today and the key role women play in forestry going forward. Glaringly obvious is the fact that we need more inclusion and diversity across everything we do if we are to build a resilient industry for the future.   #wahineinforestry #nzif #resilientforests Elizabeth Rose Heeg

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  • The lives of eight Tairāwhiti families with newborns have been made a little warmer thanks to Whānau Āwhina Plunket and Ernslaw One. Plunket Nurse, Lilian Jackson, has seen many families struggle through winter to stay warm and says some have no source of heating in their home or have only a fireplace. Ernslaw One’s donation allowed for eight households, one in Tolaga Bay and seven in Gisborne, to receive two cords of wood each which will last them through the winter months. #Plunket #Communitysupport #Forestry

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  • We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Blair van der Maas to Ernslaw One's South Island & Export Manager. Blair has been leading our East Coast operations for the past 16 months and will continue in this role for the remainder of 2024. He will start down south in the new year.    It is great to have Blair continuing at Ernslaw bringing his experience and focus to operational management of our South Island region and export/supply chain efficiency.   Congratulations Blair on your new role.

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  • This month it was industry's turn to host the Southland Environmental Working Group mid-year meeting. The day saw the group out and about in the Ernslaw One estate not far from Tapanui. The hosts explained the work they have been doing to measure and monitor stream ecology and water quality over a long period of time, sparking a discussion around the quality of the national models we have to work with. Ernslaw One staff also showed us a recently harvested site highlighting how practices have significantly changed from the previous rotation in order to protect our waterways and included a lunch stop (shout-out to the SWC for lunch!) To see the Koura, thriving in the forest.   Our second stop took the group to a new development forest where afforestation planning work had been carried out, considering ecological values and erosion prone areas to determine sustainable boundaries for planting. Ernslaw One staff talked us through how they collected the data required to complete their wilding risk assessment and told us about the current review of this assessment tool which seeks to create more transparency for our regulators on how scores have been determined, along with training and education for both foresters and our regulators. The day concluded with looking at the new roading investment in this forest, for the safe and reliable access for the planting and forest monitoring.    All in all, another great field day with engaged people eager to share and learn.                          

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  • We’re proud to be supporting the NZ Brain Tumour Trust’s Matariki Ball on Saturday night in Christchurch with a donation of Keewai freshwater crayfish straight from untouched waters in the South Island. Raised completely naturally in rain and spring-fed ponds tucked away in remote Otago and Southland forests these little beauties have been carefully selected and harvested by hand.   The NZ Brain Tumour Trust do a wonderful job funding leading-edge medical research and supporting those affected by brain tumours. Wishing you a hugely successful event.

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  • High blood pressure and waist circumference are two of the highest health risk factors for people working in the forestry industry.    With the help of the late Dr Tom Mullholland, KYND Wellness and Kaikoura Hunting&Fishing, Ernslaw supported its staff and contractors to reduce these risks through a Health Challenge. As part of the challenge, participants worked on making significant, positive changes to their health, increasing their personal health and wellbeing and decreasing their risk of workplace injury.   After nine months of focus and effort, Moutere Logging crew 2 (Hariata, Charles, Tru, Todd and Max), based in Karioi Forest near Ohakune, emerged the most improved crew winning a weekend away fishing in Kaikoura. Shannon Crombie from McCarthy Transport in Whanganui taking out the $2000 H&F gear pack individual prize.  Congratulations to all who took part in the challenge. Read the full story at www.ernslaw.co.nz/news

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