Forestry News

21 April 2015

A Maori Trust will be planting clusters of tōtara trees on blocks in Kinleith forest, in a collaborative project with Hancock Forest Managers and Scion.

16 April 2015

A Wairau Valley forestry block balancing good business with good conservation was one of the winners at the Marlborough Environment Awards.

10 April 2015

The Government's vision of doubling the value of exports from the primary sector has become a lot hazier in the last few days as the Kiwi dollar moves into parity with its Australian counterpart, say wood processors.

10 April 2015

Rotorua Lakes Council in NZ has adopted a Wood First Policy and action plan. The policy, aimed at encouraging use of wood products and supporting the district's vital wood industry, was adopted at a meeting of the council's Strategy, Policy & Finance Committee on 1 April.

01 April 2015

Forestry will benefit from five new projects in the Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF) round announced today by associate primary industries minister Jo Goodhew.

26 March 2015

A forestry worker has died after being struck by a log falling off a truck in Taranaki yesterday morning. He was James Stuart Oxenham, 72, of Urenui in north Taranaki, who was working in a logging operation in the Te Wera Forest, east of Stratford.

21 March 2015

Associate Minister for Primary Industries Jo Goodhew marked United Nations International Day of Forests at the Methven A&P show today, by planting a maple tree with industry representatives.

17 March 2015

The collapse of one of the country's largest forest contractors, Harvestpro, will send a shock wave through rural communities as their workers are made redundant. The fragile rural economy in Northland, of all places, did not need this business blow. Many skilled people will be put out of work. The industry association for forest contracting is concerned this failure and job losses could be repeated and wants others to come forward if they need assistance to keep afloat.