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Tiwi timber signs Japanese deal

The timber plantation on the Tiwi Islands has refused to die, it has been saved again with a new marketing deal worth up to $200 million over five years. Source: The Telegraph
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NZ timber museum to reopen

Putaruru's timber museum could soon be open again thanks to some friends of the museum. Source: Stuff Co NZ
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Logs export – local jobs fall out

A boom in logging exports could mean wide-scale job losses for the New Zealand timber industry. Sources: NewstalkZB New Zealand radio, Fairfax NZ News, Stuff NZ, Scoop News NZ
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Canberra conference crucial to industry

The important Industry Development Conference will take place on 4 March and will feature a series of Innovation Skills Forums designed especially for managers and business leaders across the full spectrum of industry.
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SA mill could be a fire sale

The devastation of Wirrabara Forest, South Australia in the Bangor blaze could cost 44 jobs at Jamestown. Source: The Flinders News
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NZ Farm Forestry Association conference

A British climate risk specialist and Jeanette Fitzsimons, former co-leader of the Green Party, will be key speakers at the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association national conference being held in Blenheim in April. Sources: The Marlborough Express, Stuff Co NZ
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FIEA NZ forest investment conference

The Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA) is running the 3rd biennial forest industry investment conference – Forest Investment and Market Outlook – in Auckland on 9–10th April 2014. Source: Scoop NZ
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Jim Henneberry resigns as CEO of Australian Paper

Jim Henneberry has resigned from the position of Chief Executive Officer at Australian Paper after eight years with the company. Source: Timberbiz
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Australian Timber Design Awards open for business

Entries for the 15th annual Australian Timber Design Awards will open on 10 February and close on 27 June 2014. Source: Infolink
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Green’s support of CLT shows lack of knowledge

The Greens believe Tasmania's sprawling hardwood plantation estate would be worth more if the trees were not used to feed a pulp mill. Source: 7News, Timberbiz
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