tasman pine forestS Limited

Overview

Your NMTBC membership allows access to the Sharlands MTB area in Hira Forest. Codgers & Fringed. Hill trails in Hira Forest are open to public access. All other Tasman Pine Forests require an access permit directly from Tasman Pine Forests Ltd, which you can get by clicking here.

If you would like to know more about access to neighbouring public land managed by NCC, please use their Fire Risk webpage to stay informed.

Closure and Opening Methodology

Tasman Pine Forests Ltd (TPFL) reserves the right to restrict access to their forests at any time in the interests of ensuring people’s safety and to protect their valuable forest assets.  Access restrictions may be put in place due to forest operations, adverse weather conditions or fire risk levels, but other situations may also arise from time to time. 

The Build Up Index (BUI) forecast is a measure for fire risk and provides the basis for TPFL’s decision making regarding forest access restrictions (refer to https://fireweather.niwa.co.nz). Other factors will also need to be considered and are dependent on the situation. As a rule, TPFL forests will be closed to public access for recreation once BUI is over 60 (i.e. code yellow). However, recreational forest users should anticipate potential forest closures when the BUI has reached 40 (i.e. code blue). Once TPFL forests are closed due to fire risk they will not be reopened until significant rainfall has been received and TPFL is comfortable that the BUI is likely to remain under 60 for a significant period of time (i.e. at least 2 weeks).