45 minute inquiry - Logs

The logs came from mostly asia then from coastal new zealand. They are pine trees the latin name is pinus. A total of 8,545 come from asia. Logs are transported to Mount Maunganui by boat in crates and trains.

Then they get the logs they clean and cut them into paper. Some of the logs they send to othet ports like auckland or they send them back to where they come from. 

The life cycale of the log is. First it grows from a sapling. Then it becomes a adult pine tree. It starts growing pine trees and dropping them. Then when someone wants a section to be cleared the forestry people come and chop the trees down. Then log trucks come and pick up the logs and take them to a port or train station. Then they are put on a train and sent to the port of Tauranga.