The Young Giant Kāingaroa

The ‘Young Giant’ is Kāingaroa Forest: the largest plantation in the Southern Hemisphere, and one of the largest exotic forests in the world. 1,300 square kilometres produce “50 million cubic feet of timber a year” for pulp, paper, and building. Directed by Brian Cross, and made by the NFU for the forest’s then-managers — the New Zealand Forest Service — this documentary showcases the industry in the pines: scrub clearance for forest extension, burn-offs, machine planting, pruning, felling, grafting, and kiln-drying cones to extract seeds for sowing.

One of the world’s great manmade forests, extending over some 500 square miles.

– Narrator Alan Jervis describes Kāingaroa State Forest

Key Cast & Crew

Oxley Hughan

Producer

Geoffrey Scott

Producer

Alan Jervis

Narrator

Brian Shennan

Sound Recordist

Ron Skelley

Post-Production Sound

James Harris

Editor, Writer