Below are lists of publications and reports by Tāne’s Tree Trust including other outputs where TTT has collaborated or provided support.
All of our publications are available free to download via the links below.
A New Zealand Guide to Growing our Native Tall Tree Species
A Practical Guide to Managing Tōtara on Private Land (2022)
Beeches: Establishment, growth and management (2012)
New Zealand Indigenous Tree Bulletin No. 6. New Zealand Forest Research Institute. 64p. Download courtesy of the Scion Digital Library.
Carbon Sequestration by Native Forest (2021)
Download courtesy of Pure Advantage.
Continuous Cover Forestry: A handbook for the management of New Zealand forests (2008)
Tāne’s Tree Trust, P O Box 12094, Hamilton 3248. 104p.
Continuous Cover Forestry Business Models for Aotearoa New Zealand
Farming with Native Trees: A guide for farmers from Northland to Waikato (2007)
New Zealand Indigenous Tree Bulletin No. 4. Ensis, Rotorua. 60p. Download courtesy of the Scion Digital Library.
Kauri: Ecology, establishment, growth and management (2004)
New Zealand Indigenous Tree Bulletin No. 2. New Zealand Forest Research Institute, Rotorua. 48p. Download courtesy of the Scion Digital Library.
Native Trees: Planting and early management for wood production (2007)
New Zealand Indigenous Tree Bulletin No. 3. Revised edition. New Zealand Forest Research Institute. 44p. Download courtesy of the Scion Digital Library.
Non-timber values in native forest (2021)
Review of Non-Timber Values in sustainably-managed native forest in New Zealand. Tāne’s Tree Trust bulletin, Hamilton, New Zealand. 119 pages.
Pohutukawa: Ecology, establishment, growth and management (2006)
New Zealand Indigenous Tree Bulletin No. 4. New Zealand Forest Research Institute, Rotorua. 104p. Download courtesy of the Scion Digital Library.
Preliminary Technical Guidelines: Adaptive Management of Coastal Forestry Buffers
- Section One - Introduction (PDF, 2.79 MB)
- Section Two - Planting Natives in Coastal Pine Buffers (PDF, 2.62 MB)
- Section Three - Role of Natural Regeneration in Transitioning Coastal Exotic Buffers to Native Forest (PDF, 3.60 MB)
- Section Four - Climate Change (PDF, 3.91 MB)
- Section Five - Summary (PDF, 8.55 MB)
Totara: Establishment, growth and management (2003)
New Zealand Indigenous Tree Bulletin No. 1. New Zealand Forest Research Institute, Rotorua. 40p. Download courtesy of the Scion Digital Library.
TTT Technical Handbook: Planting & Managing Native Trees
Download the entire handbook (PDF, 44.25 MB) or individual chapters below. Chapters will be added as they are completed.
- Title pages, forward and table of content (PDF, 1.10 MB)
- 1.2 How to use the handbook (PDF, 1.15 MB)
- 1.3 Introducing tanes tree trust (PDF, 710.49 kB)
- 2.1 Objectives and strategies for planting (PDF, 1.46 MB)
- 2.2 Options for establishing native trees (PDF, 2.16 MB)
- 3.1 A cultural perspective (PDF, 2.84 MB)
- 3.2 An historical perspective (PDF, 1.88 MB)
- 4.1 Physiological factors (PDF, 2.20 MB)
- 4.2 Lessons from nature (PDF, 2.61 MB)
- 5.3 Choice of nursery method (PDF, 2.35 MB)
- 5.4 Establishment performance of native shrubs (PDF, 1.10 MB)
- 6.1 Key factors in site selection (PDF, 3.28 MB)
- 6.2 Sites for planting native trees (PDF, 1.48 MB)
- 7.1 Planting - getting started (PDF, 911.04 kB)
- 7.2 Livestock and pest management (PDF, 3.44 MB)
- 7.3 Preparing grass sites for planting (PDF, 2.35 MB)
- 7.4 Preparing gorse- broom and blackberry sites (PDF, 4.40 MB)
- 8.1 Planting techniques for natives (PDF, 2.48 MB)
- 8.2 Planting patterns and density for natives on open sites (PDF, 3.34 MB)
- 9.1 Riparian margins - an introduction (PDF, 2.52 MB)
- 9.2 For sediment - nutrient and pathogen management (PDF, 3.45 MB)
- 9.3 For aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity (PDF, 1.10 MB)
- 9.4 For native timber and multiple purposes (PDF, 1.78 MB)
- 9.5 What is it with willows? (PDF, 2.36 MB)
- 10.1 Nationwide survey of planted native trees (PDF, 2.42 MB)
- 10.2 Performance of planted native conifer trees (PDF, 2.46 MB)
- 10.3 Performance of planted native hardwood trees (PDF, 3.02 MB)
- 10.4 Performance of planted native shrubs (PDF, 3.07 MB)
- 10.5 Carbon sequestration (PDF, 14.31 MB)
- 10.6 The Kauri 2000 Trust (PDF, 1.26 MB)
- 10.7 Rewanui Forest Park, Wairarapa (PDF, 2.21 MB)
- 11.3 Management of naturally regenerated totara on farms (PDF, 4.58 MB)
- 11.4 Weaving resiliance into our farming landscapes with native forestry (PDF, 1.33 MB)
Other publications
- CCF from scratch - Paul Quinlan, January 2025 (PDF, 495.07 kB) This paper was first published in the November 2025, Vol. 70, No. 3 (pp 40-45) issue of the New Zealand Journal of Forestry
- Developing Methodology for Resource Assessment of Naturally Regenerating Totara in the Whangaroa Community Area, Northland, Chris Kennedy, 2007 (PDF, 4.41 MB)
- Difficulties managing regenerating tōtara under Part 3A of the Forests Act (PDF, 691.67 kB) This paper was first published in the August 2025, Vol. 70, No. 2 (pp 29-34) issue of the New Zealand Journal of Forestry
- Existing uses and Market Development Opportunities for Naturally Regenerating Totara Timber, Paul Quinlan, June 2011 (PDF, 3.27 MB)
- Farming with Native Trees, Flyer (8pp) (PDF, 965.65 kB)
- Farming with Native Trees, Project Summary Report (PDF, 32.01 kB)
- Investing in natural capital – weaving native forest back through New Zealand’s landscapes (PDF, 308.47 kB) TTT is grateful to the NZ Journal of Forestry for permission to republish the article
- Native Trees on Farms Newsletter #1, April 2005 (PDF, 698.43 kB)
- Native Trees on Farms Newsletter #2, August 2005 (PDF, 523.28 kB)
- Managing Native Trees: Towards a national strategy, I Barton, R Gadgil & D Bergin, eds., 2010 (PDF, 23.29 MB)
- Performance and Tree Health of a Six Year Old Planted Kauri Stand in the Bay of Plenty, Greg Steward & Ian Barton, 2003 (PDF, 2.67 MB)
- Profiting from Biodiversity: Reducing the impediments to planting native trees, I Barton, R MacGibbon, B Burns & P Berg, eds, 2003 (PDF, 2.36 MB)
- Remembering Ian Barton - 1937-2025 (PDF, 23.69 MB) Symposium held 18 October 2025
- Results of the 2020 Remeasurement of Tōtara PSPs (PDF, 2.19 MB)
Other tōtara publications and resources
There are a wide range of outputs from the work of the NTWG and TTT relating to research and management of naturally regenerating tōtara. These are available on the NTWG Publications & Resources page and also the NTWG Newsletters page.