28 July 2017
Forest owners and wood processors say they appreciate the government needs to fine tune the Emissions Trading Scheme, but they believe present uncertainty in the ETS might lead to a reduction in forest planting, just when it needs to increase.
9 February 2017
It is indeed overdue for bodies such as Callaghan to look at developing technology for checking buildings after earthquakes.
22 December 2016
By David Porter NZ Herald
The outlook for forestry is looking significantly better than a year ago, when high log inventories in the key China market were raising concerns.
21 December 2016
By Gerard Huching and Jill Galloway
Sheep and beef prices have taken a tumble in November as farmers lament the future of the sector.
22 November 2016
Consultation on the Draft Revised National Standard for Certification of Plantation Forest Management in New Zealand is now open and has been extended ude to the earthquakes in Kaikoura. The consultation now closes at 5pm on Friday 13 January 2017.
28 August 2016
Roving 'log grabbers' in Northland buying immature trees for export may exacerbate log supply pressure at the expense of our local construction industry (Sunday Star-Times 21st August). But these procurers did not create the problem.
14 August 2016
Ernslaw One foresters, Greg Kendal and Paul Hart, were awarded an industry excellence award by the Otago Regional Council for their Slipstream Crossing device.
4 July 2016
The timber industry believes the government's announced boost to home construction, through a Housing Infrastructure Fund, needs to have a timber focus.
27 April 2016
The second funding round for New Zealand's Afforestation Growth Scheme (AGS) opened this week and comes at an important time for forestry, Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew announced.
