Steering Group

Purpose and Scope

The Steering Group is the body providing strategic input and direction for the FIDA process. This group helps identify the key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing the industry over the next 5-15 years. Importantly, the group also helps relate this strategic analysis to a programme of activities and initiatives with clear objectives and achievable near-time milestones.

Steering Group members are expected to champion the FIDA process and its objectives to the forest industry and use their networks in the industry to gather and disseminate information and opinions.

The group is not expected to become involved in day-to-day implementation of initiatives or to make particular spending decisions. Rather, it may be called upon to help set the frameworks for investing funds, including such things as establishing priorities, criteria, reporting and governance arrangements.

Mode of Operation

The Steering Group meets around 3 times a year depending on need. If there are matters requiring decisions urgently or papers/options/proposals requiring input from the Steering Group, the management group may choose to circulate such papers out of session. Members are expected to meet their own expenses.

The Steering Group has administrative support from Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) for organisational issues such as:

  • Circulating papers to Steering Group members;
  • Disseminating information to the wider industry;
  • Ensuring requests and action points made by the Steering Group are received by the appropriate body;
  • Circulating meeting details and making logistical arrangements;
  • Taking minutes of meetings and circulating these.

Members

Members of the Steering Group are

Hon Jim Anderton (Chair)
Bruce Anderson; Timber Industry Federation
David Anderson; Wood Processors' Association
George Asher; Federation of Mâori Authorities
Peter Berg; Forest Owners' Association
Grant Caruthers; Forest Industry Training Council
Sheldon Drummond; Independent
Owen Griffiths; Pine Manufacturers' Association
Mike Halliday; Farm Forestry Association
Jacob Kajavala; Forest Industry Contractors' Association
Brice Landman; Wood Processors' Association
Phil Langston; Forest Owners' Association
Luke Moriarty; Independent
Lees Seymour; Forest Owners' Association
Murray Sherwin; Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
Howard Tonge; Timber Industry Federation
Marty Verry; Wood Processors Association
Ross Wilson; Council of Trade Unions