{"id":159462,"date":"2025-11-29T09:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/159462\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T09:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:52:14","slug":"kaingaroa-tipu-rebrand-forestry-giant-opens-new-rerewhakaaitu-nursery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/159462\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaingaroa Tipu rebrand: Forestry giant opens new Rerewhakaaitu nursery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\" Board chair Jon Hartley at the nursery opening. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/> Board chair Jon Hartley at the nursery opening. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">Kaingaroa Tipu board chairman Jon Hartley said the Kaingaroa Forest Estate was a much-treasured living resource and the rebrand honoured the forest\u2019s legacy built by generations of mahi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">The goal was to deliver improved value and better environmental outcomes, he said in the statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">The Rerewhakaaitu Nursery was officially opened by Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">The site will grow tree stocks that support sustainable forest management across the 215,000-hectare Kaingaroa Forest Estate.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\" Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell cuts the ribbon to officially open the Rerewhakaaitu Nursery. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/> Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell cuts the ribbon to officially open the Rerewhakaaitu Nursery. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">Work to convert the former dairy farm began in 2021 and includes nursery beds, a packing shed, office and a purpose-built staff facility to support the seasonal workforce of up to 100 people during peak production periods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">The nursery\u2019s first crop includes 6 million cuttings and 50,000 trial seedlings, with up to 3.6 million trees expected to be dispatched next year for planting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">Further infrastructure is planned, such as cool storage and future containerised growing facilities, ensuring Rerewhakaaitu Nursery can expand as demand for trees increases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">The new visual identity of Kaingaroa Tipu incorporates elements of the lunar cycle, symbolising regeneration and the daily rhythm of forest life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Board chair Jon Hartley at the nursery opening. Photo \/ Supplied Kaingaroa Tipu board chairman Jon Hartley said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3238,13313,105089,117,111,43,139,34311,69,2680,57195,105091,105090],"class_list":["post-159462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-forestry","tag-giant","tag-kaingaroa","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nursery","tag-nz","tag-opens","tag-rebrand","tag-rerewhakaaitu","tag-tipu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}