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Members of NZDFI

Members of the NZDFI include:

  • Marlborough Research Centre Trust
  • Marlborough District Council
  • New Zealand School of Forestry (University of Canterbury)
  • Marlborough Lines Limited
  • Vineyard Timbers Limited
  • Proseed NZ Limited
  • A number of rural landowners

 

Additional funding comes from:

  • AGMARDT (Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust)
  • Neil Barr Farm Forestry Foundation

 

Other interest groups including:

  • Marlborough Tree Growers Association
  • NZ Farm Forestry Association’s Eucalypt Action Group
  • Organic Winegrowers New Zealand.

 

The NZDFI project is administered by the Marlborough Research Centre Trust and is based at the Trust research centre located at Budge Street, Blenheim.

 

Project Team Members

   

Project Manager

Paul Millen

Consultant

Millen Associates Limited

Financial Manager

Gerald Hope

Executive Officer

Councillor

Marlborough Research Centre Trust

Marlborough District Council

Member 1

Shaf van Ballekom

Chief Executive Officer

Proseed Limited

Member 2

Colin Ross

Estate Manager

Representative

Seresin Wines

Organic Winegrowers New Zealand

Member 3

Andrew or Ngaire Lawson

Marlborough Viticulturist/ builder

Landowners

Member 4

Geoff Hoare

Company Secretary

Marlborough Lines Limited

Member 5

Patrick Milne

President

NZ Farm Forestry Association

Member 6

Bruce Manley

Head of Department

School of Forestry, University of Canterbury

Member 7

Luis Apiolaza

Science Leader

School of Forestry, University of Canterbury

Member 8

Ruth McConnochie

Consultant

Eucalypt Research Scientist

 

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