45 minutes Inquiry (cargo logs)

This is part of the Tauranga Port the port of Tauranga ships of logs in cargo ships. The port is at the mount and is the only natural harbour from Auckland to Wellington. 1,600 cargo ships visit a year, and the port is open 24/7 365 days a year. The port of Tauranga is the biggest port in the country and has 113 hectors of land. Most of the trees are pine trees they come from the south island and a few from the north island, every tree you cut down you have to plant another three, but the tree has to be 20 years old to be allowed to cut it down. The first cargo ship filled with logs was to Japan it was 158 tonnes. 

The logs stay at the port for three days and then gets shipped of to Asia. Every day they process about 63 thousand logs from all around New Zealand. The logs get there on trains and log trucks. The logs are stacked in triangles to prevent them from falling down.  The logs get built into fences and materials. Every year about 3.6 million trees go through the port. We don't get many logs shipped to us but when we do it is generally to just build something and then ship it off again. 

Before the Maori's and Europeans came to New Zealand, 80% of New Zealand was forest, but now because we cut down trees and send them off to other countries our land is getting less and less trees. The lumber jack earn about 32,00 dollars a year, and work 42 hours. In the port of tauranga there are exactly 186 Permanent staff. 

Port Of Tauranga