Ahuroa Forest was purchased in 1991 from the Rural Bank and previously owned by North Auckland Forests, this block of 133ha (328 acres) on the West Coast Road off State Highway 16 and is completely planted in Radiata Pine.
Planting first began in 1974 and was completed in 1976 and has been extensively managed ever since. Most age classes here are pruned to 5.4 metres tall.