Farming
Collingwood Takaka
TOP SOUTH
MONTHLY
Est 2001
Motueka
Nelson
Tapawera
Karamea
Wakefield
Picton
Blenheim
Murchison Reefton
Kaikoura
Greymouth
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CIRCULATING TO 14,500 RURAL PROPERTIES IN MARLBOROUGH, TASMAN, NELSON AND WEST COAST
FEBRUARY 2023
Team Toby Randall Top of the South rural
“New ideas, Old school values!” TOBY raNDaLL
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toby.randall@harcourts.co.nz
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Diversifying is the future of forestry ELOISE MARTYN I was keen to do an article on Matt Stuart as I thought that many of you involved in forestry, or tree owners who know him, would find it interesting. What I didn’t realise was the extent of Matt’s knowledge and experience in the industry, or how enthusiastic he is to work in an industry he is passionate about. I could write a lengthy piece on his background ,it could easily take up pages and pages of the paper and you still wouldn’t know it all. The facts are, Matt’s had his hand in forestry since 1989 while working during school holidays for his father in a silviculture crew. The end of school saw Matt join a planting crew and, around 1992, he branched out with another young guy from Murchison and become self-employed. 1994 saw a big planting boom driven by incredibly high log prices. Matt worked in locations such as Hanmer Springs, Marlborough Sounds, outskirts of Blenheim and the Tasman side of Murchison. Often spending months at a time in one of these locations overseeing teams of 10-15 blokes Matt Stuart has been involved in different aspects of forestry in the Top of The South since 1989. Photo: Supplied.
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