Akatarawa Forest Weekly Event Calendar

Akatarawa Forest Weekly Event Calendar 2009

1. Monday 2 March – Wednesday 8 April 2. Friday 6 March 3. Saturday 7 March 4. Friday 6 March (to be confirmed) 5. Friday 6 March and Sunday 8 March 6. Friday 13 March (to be confirmed) 7. Saturday 14 March 8. Sunday 15 March 9. Sunday 15 March (to be confirmed) Organisation Contact Number of Vehicles 1. Transfield Graham Edwards Toyota Hilux and Landcruiser 2. Master Drive Services Limited Frank Varga 4 – 4WD 3. Upper Hutt Community Rescue Dave Butcher (Ops Manager) 12 – 4WD 4. New Zealand Army Murray Dick 1 – 4WD 5. Church group A Devione 3 - 4WD 6. Master Drive Services Frank Varga 4 -4WD 7. Wellington Family 4X4 Club Peter Carmichael/Ash Ansell 8 – 4WD 8. Wellington Family 4X4 Club Ash Ansell 60 – 4WD 9. Featherston Family 4X4 Club Rod Lonsdale 10 – 4WD Description of Activities 1. Working on transmission lines 2. 4WD training 3. Track checks and Karapoti Classic race day attendance 4. Communications test 5. Church youth group 6. 4WD training 7. Saturday recce for fundraiser (Peter Carmichael) – Sunday fundraiser trip (Ash Ansell) 8. Fundraiser trip 9. 4WD family outing 2

Description of Areas to be Used

1. Perhams Rd, Hydro Rd, Rimu Rd, Puketiro Rd, Bulls Run Rd 2. Valley View Rd, Cannon Point, Airstrip Dr, Woolshed Rd, McGhies 3. Valley Veiw Rd, Airstrip Dr, Woolshed Rd, McGhies Bridge, Deadwood Ridge, Whakatiki Rd, Perhams Rd and Pram Track 4. Valley View Rd, Airstrip Dr, Woolshed Rd, McGhies Bridge and Deadwood Ridge 5. Enter/exit Valley View Rd and Woolshed Rd 6. Enter/exit Valley View Rd, Cannon Point, Airstrip Dr, Woolshed Rd to McGhies Bridge and return 7. Valley View Rd, Airstrip Dr, Woolshed Rd, McGhies Bridge, Deadwood Ridge, Titi Rd, Perhams Rd, Whakatiki Rd, Hydro Rd, Rimu Rd, Pram Track, Toi Toi Rd, Clearys Rd, Puketiro Rd, Cooks Rd and Bulls Run Rd 8. Valley View Rd, Airstrip Dr, Woolshed Rd, McGhies Bridge, Deadwood Ridge, Titi Rd, Perhams Rd, Whakatiki Rd, Hydro Rd, Rimu Rd, Pram Track, Toi Toi Rd, Clearys Rd, Puketiro Rd, Cooks Rd and Bulls Run Rd 9. Enter Totara Park gate, Valley View Rd, Woolshed Rd, McGhies Bridge, Deadwood Ridge, Rimu Rd, Pram Track, Clearys Rd, Cooks Rd and exit Bulls Run Rd

Firewood Consent for the Use of Property to Collect Firewood – Akatarawa Forest Date Personnel Vehicle No firewood collection available due to Karapoti Classic. Would all holders of firewood permits ensure they carry their permit with them. There have been reports of unauthorised removal of firewood and Rangers will be inspecting permits in future.

Commercial Firewood Personnel Vehicle

Bart Krynan Blue Daihatsu CKY296

Please have all consent forms in before 3pm Wednesday

Akatarawa Forest Block

 Line Maintenance – Hay – JFD-A 412 – 415, Electricity Transmission Line – United Group access commencing 1 February – 31 March to complete assessment on structures. This will consist of 3 X 4WD vehicles and is weather dependant

 Akatrack Wellington – walk concessionaire will be operating in the Akatarawa Forest. Walkers will enter Karapoti, Hukinga Valley and exit Cederholm Creek

 Electrix Limited – is working in conjunction with United Group on the Pylons off Hydro RoadVieForest 3

 Police dog training school – will be ongoing on the roads within the Valley View area, Valley View Forest

 Karapoti Classic – 7 March 2009 for more information contact www.karapoti.co.nz

Puketiro Forest Block

 United Group/Tobins Limited – Line maintenance (blasting and painting) will be carried out during the year (weather dependant) by Tobin’s Ltd. Vehicles and crew will be entering Cooks Rd, Puketiro Rd and exiting Cooks Rd

 Adjoining Land Owner – Graham Peck will be accessing private property via Cooks Rd and Puketiro Rd

 B Hall – Tractor/haymaker access to Dude Ranch via Bulls Run Rd for haymaking Pakuratahi Forest Block

 Police dog training school – will be using the Maymorn forest for ongoing training entering and exiting via Gabities

 Horse riding ongoing – route through Maymorn, Tunnel Gully, Station Drive, Kaitoke Hill Track and Pylon Loop Track

 The Big Coast .14 – 15 March 2009 - for more information contact www.bikenz.org.nz/bigcoast

Plantation Forestry

Valley View Forest

 Line Maintenance – Hay – JFD-A 412 – 415, Electricity Transmission Line – United Group access commencing 1 February – 31 March to complete assessment on structures. This will consist of 3 X 4WD vehicles and is weather dependant

 Log 36 hauler operating from Waterpoint Road on the boundary of Kilometre and Maori Redoubt Puketiro Forest

 Silviculture crew working in Harris South

 M Prendeville possum trapper AVK919 Subaru 10 Feb – 10 May 09 entering and exiting Bulls Run Road, Cooks Road and Puketiro Road Hukinga Forest  Whakatikei Forest

 Silviculture crew working 4

Pakuratahi West

 Log 6 working in Glider Club on the Incline side via the Glider Club access road

 Silviculture crew working Mangaroa Forest

 Log 5 working in the old stand through Tom O’Reilly’s property

NOTE: Logging trucks are operating over the route from Puketiro to Totara Park via Rallywoods We have had complaints from the logging truck drivers about opposing heavy vehicles

Please ensure all heavy vehicles entering Valley View are advised of the logging truck movements.

We have had incidents of vandalism to contractors gear. Please be alert for unauthorised personnel within the forest blocks

All vehicles MUST give way to loaded logging trucks 5

Pakuratahi Forest Weekly Event Calendar 2009

1. Sunday 15 March Organisation Contact Number of Vehicles

1. ROP Ryan Medlin Description of Activities

1. MT Climie 4WD Trip Description of Areas to be Used

1. Tunnel Gully Recreation area

Firewood Consent for the Use of Property to Collect Firewood - Pakuratahi Date Personnel Vehicle

Commercial Firewood Personnel Vehicle

Bart Krynan Blue Daihatsu CKY296

Ian Wate

Link to Akatarawa Forest map http://www.gw.govt.nz/story_images/991_akatarawa_s6480.pdf

Helena Cowan Administrator Receptionist Parks - Eastern DD 526 3143 [email protected].