25 Jun 2010
A new chair, deputy chair and an additional director to the Scion Board have been announced with effect from 1 July 2010. This follows news that Scion's chief executive Dr Tom Richardson is to take up a new role as chief executive of Agresearch in September (replacing Dr Andrew West).
5 Jul 2010
Export of wood chips from Australia is on the rebound, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.
2 Jul 2010
07 Jul 2010
Cabinet has approved changes to the road user charges (RUC) system which are designed to simplify and modernise a key part of New Zealand's transport operation.
11 Jul 2010
Plans to treat a log shipment with 1.5 tonnes of methyl bromide at Burnie Port in Tasmania have been abandoned following a public outcry. The fumigation has now taken place at sea
13 Jul 2010
Budget documents show that the Government will downscale the Afforestation Grant Scheme by $2m per year over the next three years before eventually ceasing it, says Labour Forestry spokesperson Stuart Nash.
22 Jul 2010
New Zealand’s pine plantations continue to produce a river of gold in China for their mainly foreign owners, with record earnings so far this year. But the competition just got a whole lot tougher.
27 Jul 2010
Twenty-six outstanding Kiwi individuals and companies are in line for the wood industry’s top accolades after being named as finalists in the National Training Awards run by FITEC, the forest and wood industry training organisation.
28 Jul 2010
Dr Jon Tanner has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Wood Processors Association of New Zealand (WPA).
