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NZ safety standards in review

New Zealand Labour Minister Simon Bridges said prosecutions were "very likely" for forestry owners who breached safety standards. Source: The New Zealand Herald
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Forestry contractors shut down, 182 notices handed out

Two Waikato-based forestry contractors have been shut down due to an "imminent danger of serious harm or death". Sources: Stuff.co.nz, Fairfax NZ News
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From mill site to tourist mecca

Two Australian millionaires will transform a key Tasmanian woodchip mill into a major tourist attraction, in a blow to the State Government and the forestry industry. Source: ABC News
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Tasmanian Opposition trip to Canberra for pulp mill

Tasmanian Opposition Leader Will Hodgman's trip to Canberra to lobby his federal leaders for support for the controversial pulp mill has been met with mixed reactions. Source: The Examiner
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More slanging matches in Tassie parliament

Legislative Councillors in Tasmania have denied playing politics over the forestry issue in a heated exchange at a parliamentary committee reviewing Government Business Enterprises. Source: The Examiner
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Mass planting of endangered tent pole tree

A single mass planting has boosted the national population of the rare and endangered Turner’s kohuhu (pittosporum turneri, or tent pole tree) by more than 10% in New Zealand. Source: Scoop.co.nz
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Christmas trees more deadly than sharks

Sharks are terrifying, mammoth animals with rows of razor-sharp teeth and they motor through the water at speeds many times faster than us. It'd be stupid not to scared of them, wouldn't it? Source: The Age
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New Zealand forest owners arrogant

New Zealand Labour's economic development spokesman Shane Jones has lashed out at "arrogant" foreign owners of New Zealand's forests. Source: The New Zealand Herald
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Harvesting near Narooma almost done

A four-month operation in Bodalla State Forest just north of Narooma is due to be completed this month. Source: Narooma News
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Mitre 10 Taupo opens

Mitre 10 is going MEGA in Taupo, New Zealand with its new 6500 square metre store opening on Friday November 22. Source: Scoop NZ
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