NZ's COVID-19 Lockdown has suspended Scion's FlowLab datalogger rollout for the Forest Flows Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Endeavour programme. However, we were able to get a partial IOT wireless sensor network operational at one site. It is flawlessly providing real time data from sensors that measure tree growth and water use, and soil water. Once fully operational, the FlowLab wireless meshed network will generate over 300,000 observations from 5 sites every 24 hours so we can understand the hydrological dynamics of planted forests.