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The Lake Taupō Forest Trust controls an area of 33,733 hectares, consisting of 30,804 hectares (91 per cent) originally leased to the Crown for forestry and a further 2,929 hectares that were never part of the Crown lease. This additional area includes Te Rangiita Blocks, Te Whenua Block, Te Whakao 1, the Waiotaka Blocks and the Mangakoura Blocks.  A final land block owned by the Trust is the general freehold land block on which the LTFT office sits.

The land comprises 68 Māori land blocks and 12 blocks owned freehold by the Trust. Of this area, 24,207 hectares (71 per cent) are planted in forest.

Around 98 per cent of the forest is planted in Pinus radiata, and the remaining 2 per cent is mainly Douglas Fir, Eucalyptus, Cypress and Larch. Planting commenced in 1969 and was completed by the late-1980s. Harvesting commenced in 1994, and the harvested areas are being replanted each year, thus creating the second rotation crop.

In 2000, the Crown and Trust agreed to change the terms of the lease from a 70-year, two-rotation arrangement to a one-rotation lease. As a result, leased land is now returned to the Trust following the harvest of the first rotation crop. The Crown is due to finish the lease in July 2021 and the Trust will then start receiving 100% of forestry income.

Lake Taupō Forest is managed by NZ Forest Managers Ltd, a privately-owned forest management company which undertakes contract management of forests. NZ Forest Managers is based in Tūrangi and has a long history with this forest. Their work is overseen on behalf of the Trust by Lake Taupō Forest Management Limited.

Forest

Land Blocks

The land blocks vested in the Trust by the Māori Land Court are listed in the schedule to the Trust Order. The original Trust Order included 58 land blocks in the Trust. Over the years, the Trust has acquired further lands so that it now holds 68 Māori land blocks under its Trust Order and 13 general land blocks.

1 Hautū 1A1 25 Opawa Rangitoto 1A 49 Tauranga Taupō 1B2B2 TE WHENUA BLOCKS
2 Hautū 1A2 26 Opawa Rangitoto 1B 50 Tauranga Taupō 2A1 69 Lot DP 480856
3 Hautū 1A3 27 Opawa Rangitoto 1C 51 Tauranga Taupō 2A2 70 Lot DP 489535
4 Hautū 1A4 28 Opawa Rangitoto 1D 52 Tauranga Taupō 2B1A 71 Lot DP 480856
5 Hautū 1A5 29 Opawa Rangitoto 2B 53 Tauranga Taupō 2B1B
6 Hautū 1A6 30 Opawa Rangitoto 2D2 54 Tauranga Taupō 2B1C TREMAINE BLOCK
7 Hautū 1A7 31 Opawa Rangitoto 2D3B2 55 Tauranga Taupō 2B1D 72 Te Whakao 1
8 Hautū 1A8 32 Opawa Rangitoto 2G 56 Tauranga Taupō 2B1E
9 Hautū 1B1B2A1 33 Opawa Rangitoto 3 57 Tauranga Taupō 2B2M1 LTFT OFFICE
10 Hautū 1B1B2A2 34 Opawa Rangitoto 4 58 Tauranga Taupō 2B2M5 73 Lot 1 Deposited Plan 60862
11 Hautū 1B1B2B1E1 35 Opawa Rangitoto 5 59 Tauranga Taupō 3B1B
12 Hautū 1B1B2B1E1A-C & Hautū 1B1B2B1F 36 Pahikohuru 2 60 Tauranga Taupō D2 ENCLAVES
13 Hautū 1B1B2B3 37 Pahikohuru 3 61 Tauranga Taupō Y 74 Section 1 SO 32019
14 Hautū 1B1B2B4 38 Pahikohuru 4 62 Te Kopiha 75 Section 1 SO 30614
15 Hautū 1B1B2B5B1 39 Pahikohuru 5 63 Te Whakao 2 76 Sections 2–3 SO 356127
16 Hautū 1B3 40 Pahikohuru 6 64 Te Whakao 3 77 Section 3 SO 36628
17 Hautū 2B1B2D2 41 Tauhara Middle 4A2B2C 65 Te Whataroa 78 Section 3 SO 33327(a)
18 Hautū A1 42 Tauhara South B1 66 Turutururoa 79 Section 3 Block XIII Waitahanui Survey District
19 Hautū A2 43 Tauhara South B2 67 Hautū 1B1B1A 80 Section 4 Block XIII Waitahanui Survey District
20 Hautū A3 44 Tauranga Taupō 1A1 68 Hautū 2B1B2B 81 Part Tauranga Taupō 2A
21 Hautū A4 45 Tauranga Taupō 1A2
22 Hautū A5 46 Tauranga Taupō 1B1B2
23 Hautū C 47 Tauranga Taupō 1B1C
24 Hautū D 48 Tauranga Taupō 1B1D

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