0 9 , ▁" My ▁company ▁hold ▁no ▁Crown ▁land ▁for ▁saw m illing ▁purposes ▁other ▁than ▁the ▁saw m ills ites ▁at ▁Man un ui ▁and ▁Mang ape e hi . ▁Our ▁tim ber - right s ▁are ▁all ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁agre ements ▁with ▁N atives ." ▁Other ▁mill s ▁established ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 0 s ▁found ▁themselves ▁in ▁difficulties ▁due ▁to ▁more ▁restricted ▁access ▁to ▁native ▁bush . ▁Exp ansion ▁was ▁also ▁assist ed ▁by ▁development ▁the ▁steam ▁ha uler , ▁which ▁replaced ▁bul lock ▁teams ▁and ▁increased ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁mill able ▁bush ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁worked ▁profit ably . ▁ ▁The ▁Mang ape hi ▁site ▁was ▁about ▁ ▁south ▁of ▁Te ▁K uit i ▁on ▁the ▁newly - open ed ▁N IM T ▁railway , ▁near ▁tot ara ▁and ▁rim u ▁bush . ▁The ▁railway ▁needed ▁lots ▁of ▁tot ara ▁sleep ers . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁were ▁delivered ▁to ▁Mang ape hi , ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁O ng ar ue ▁and ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁Mang ape hi ▁and ▁another ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁O ng ar ue ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 . ▁ ▁Work ▁started ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 2 ▁and ▁Mang ape hi ▁mill ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 , ▁or ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁after ▁length y