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Bill Guckert and Bill Hillerby lift young trees from nursery soil.

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Trees are then sorted and tied by Roy Dench and Eric Allan.

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The golden larches are loaded into a truck for distribution to planting areas by Ernie Coates and Hub Mead.

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On this seemingly barren hillside youths from the junior woodsmen's school at the Downs plant the trees. Pictured are John Lark, Ian Davidson, Ivan Roberts (Takaka) and John (Spike) Milne.

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George Bellamy, director of woodsmen's school, who acted as our guide, surveys hillside of young trees that has been release cut.

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The trees, felled in the heart of the forest, are snigged out by bulldozer.

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It's no easy job working a bulldozer in steep country like this.

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From the bush the logs are taken to the loading ramp where they are cut to lengths ready for shipment

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And from the loading ramp on to the trucks

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A loaded truck fords the Motueka river on the way to the sawmill

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Cook at woodsmen's hostel, Don Todd, has 67 very hungry mouths to feed

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And Mrs Todd does her share also

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Hec (Buster) Hollows, the forest saw docter

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In the bush with newly-felled logs, Dave Baxter, Bud Marden (instructor), Theo Russell and Colin Black.

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Communications are the responsibility of Joy McNamara.

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There are about 120 miles of formed private road meandering through the forest and wear and tear on trucks is fairly severe. A beautifully set-up workshop, with all latest equipment, is at the disposal of the mechanical staff, one of whom, Arthur Burrowsy, is seen here working a huge drill.

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Relaxing at the hostel, Hei Tainui, Ivan Johns (instructor) sitting on step, Fred Masters, Ian Page, Lance Joyce and John Trail.

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Senior ranger at the camp, Jim Cavanagh.

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Fire is the big enemy at every forestry and to guard against any outbreak lookout stations at strategic points are located. These are in touch with the administration building by radio. By using a scale map of the whole forest, a fire can be pin-pointed in seconds. Here George Bellamy and forest technician, Roel Keizer, check a reference on the map.