Tall Timber
Story: Jacquie Walters
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Photos: Tim Cuff
OLDEN DOWNS NEAR NELSON is an iconic piece of forestry estate that features in the family history of many loggers from around New Zealand, not just those from Nelson Tasman. One
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family, however, has a stronger legacy in the Downs than most. The Green family’s logging connection to Golden Downs goes back almost 65 years, and four generations. In 1956, Basil
Green and his brother Bob started working alongside their father, Bob Senior, as only the second contractor appointed at that time to work in the Golden Downs. Basil and his siblings started school
