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Last updated 31st Oct 2008

An independent organisation dedicated to the growing of trees for the educational, economic and aesthetic benefit of the public.

The Montfort Trimble Foundation is a charitable Trust set up by a New Zealand Act of Parliament. The purpose of the act is to perpetuate the wishes expressed in the will of Dr Montfort Trimble of Masterton. Dr Trimble died in 1940 and left money to the Masterton County Council to promote public afforestation in the region. Read about Dr Trimble's life here. The Council used the money to buy 127ha of land 17km north of Masterton and planted it in Pinus Radiata. Two crops of pines have been harvested from the land and the Trimble Foundation is charged with administering the income from the trees to further public afforestation. The Foundation has used part of the money from the sale of trees to purchase Rewanui, a property with areas of native bush that the Foundation wishes to protect and enhance.
Although the majority of Trimble Foundation members are elected during local body elections there is no rate payers money involved in the setup or running of the Foundation's operations.

Objects as stated in the Act setting up the Trimble Foundation

The objects of the Foundation are to promote public afforestation by:

  1. The production and care of timber for economic purposes.
  2. The maintenance of forests.
  3. Providing a supply of timber for public wants.
  4. Assisting the Masterton District Council to establish forests.
  5. Providing for the conservation of native and commercial forests.
  6. Amenity and protection planting and their maintenance.

Have a look at where Rewanui and Trimble Forest are by clicking here