Forest owners and harvest managers in New Zealand
Free check for a NZ forest harvest: your erosion susceptibility zone, the 20 to 60 working day notice window and when a slash risk assessment is needed.
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How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Resource Consent AEE for a Small Project door.
Modeled on: Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry) Regulations 2017, regs 63 to 69
From public data
before harvesting starts is the window for written notice to the regional council and the district or city council
Source: NES-CF Regulations 2017, reg 64
A resource consent application and assessment of environmental effects for an extension or minor district plan breach in NZ. Free to read.
Questions
Give written notice to the regional council and the district or city council at least 20 and no more than 60 working days before harvesting starts. The notice states where the harvest is and its start and end dates.
In green and yellow ESC zones it is permitted if you meet the regulations' conditions. In orange zones, and red zones that aren't LUC class 8e, a slash mobilisation risk assessment is required and harvesting stays permitted only if it finds no high risk.
MPI publishes the erosion susceptibility classification as a map tool and downloadable data. It also notes that since 4 June 2026 a slash mobilisation risk assessment is required on higher-risk land.
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Answer it and ePlan opens the Resource Consent AEE for a Small Project door with your answer filled in.