Our Books

By Andrew Crowe.
A practical field guide to New Zealand's native edible plants.

By Lawrie Metcalf.
In A Photographic Guide to Trees of New Zealand, fact-filled descriptions highlighting key identification features of New Zealand trees are supported by distribution maps and one or more full colour photographs of each of over 100 species.

by John Mortimer

Softcover - approx 70 pages, 148 x 210mm

This report looked at some of the significant biomass resource-to-user energy options in detail.

Scion undertakes a range of bioenergy and biorefinery research and development activities across the whole production chain, from resource establishment through to product development.

By Peter Hall & John Gifford.
It deals with the different processes that can be used to convert the different forms of biomass into various useable fuels.

By Ian Barton.
A Handbook for the management of New Zealand Forests.

Field Guide.
By Ridley (2003)

By J T Salmon.
A Guide to Over 120 Species of Exotic Coniferous Trees in New Zealand.

By V. Paddison & Y. Cave
New Zealand's unique native flora includes many outstanding garden plants - from specimen trees to grasses and ground-covers. The Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants brings together over 2000 species, hybrids and cultivars in a highly illustrated, user-friendly volume.

By Muriel Fisher.
A completely revised and updated version of Muriel Fisher"s original text first published in 1970.

By A N Haslett.
This bulletin is of particular interest to growers and sawmillers involved in processing eucalypts.

By Piers Maclaren.
This book has been written to show “non-specialists” how to estimate for themselves the volume and value of wood in a stand of trees.

By J T Miller.
New Zealand Forest Research Institute. FRI Bulletin No 124.
Part 9. The cypresses (third edition)
Cupressus spp.
Chamaecyparis spp.

by David Bergin and Greg Steward

By Lawrie Metcalf.
This beginner's guide from the authoritative pen of Lawrie Metcalf forms an easy-to-grasp introduction to over 80 of New Zealand's best-known trees.

By Peter Handford.
This was a major Ministry for the Environment, Sustainable Management Fund (SMF) funded project to develop indicators and monitoring for native forest ecosystems.

by David Bergin and Luis Gea

By Ron Cometti.
A beautiful, full-colour book of 40 full-page paintings depicting 30 of New Zealand's native trees in their natural habitat, from Three Knights Islands in the far north through to Stewart Island and the Auckland Islands in the deep south.

The Complete Guide to Exotic and Indigenous Woods

by NC Clifton
Paperback, 170 pages, 210 x 300mm
NZ, 1994, reprinted by FRI 2003

By Philip Simpson.
PAPERBACK: A celebration of pohutukawa and rata, trees which have become iconic sympbols of Aotearoa New Zealand, their crimson flowers representing summer, nationhood and our unique natural environment.

by David Bergin and Gordon Hosking

By J.P Maclaren.
FRI Buletin No. 184. This manual is written primarily for small-scale forest growers, although it is hoped that larger companies may also find some chapters of value.

By J.T. Salmon.
Professor Salmon has taken the essential features of his highly acclaimed book The Native Trees of New Zealand and compiled this outstanding field guide for nature-lovers and outdoor enthusiasts alike.

By A.L.Poole
Discusses the ecology of the beech forests in the southern regions of the world.

By J T Salmon.
The colour photographs in this book - more than 1,500 of them - constitute the finest and most comprehensive record of the native trees of New Zealand ever achieved.

by David Bergin

By George Stockley
Invaluable book for growing and establishing trees on New Zealand Farms.

by John and Bunny Mortimer

Hardback - 232 pages, 250 x 190mm

By Maclaren 2001
While there are risks for the forest products industry, it largely stands to gain from efforts to address global warming due to new opportunities for sustainable forestry.

By Janet Hunt.
Wetlands are the unheralded gems of the New Zealand landscape.