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World Building of the Year is in Auckland

10 October 2013
New Zealand’s Auckland Art Gallery was named the World Building of the Year at last week’s World Architecture Festival in Singapore. Source: Business Insider
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Forest growers to elect first board

10 October 2013
The Forest Growers Levy Trust, the New Zealand organisation representing the interests of all plantation forest owners is calling for nominations for its first elected board. Source: Scoop NZ
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Manslaughter charges for forestry deaths

10 October 2013
Forestry owners should face corporate manslaughter charges if found to have not done enough to prevent workplace deaths according the New Zealand’s Labour party. Source: Stuff Co NZ
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Gunns site now Bunnings Warehouse

10 October 2013
The new North Launceston Bunnings Warehouse being constructed on the old Gunns Lindsay Street site is expected to be completed by the middle of next year, at a cost of more than $45million. Source: The Examiner
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Stakeholder group push to wind up Gunns

10 October 2013
A northern Tasmanian Gunns timber plantation landowner is seeking like-minded people to form a stakeholder group to push for a speedy conclusion to the wind-up of the failed timber company. Source: The Examiner
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NZ storms grounds one million tonnes of timber

03 October 2013
Foresters are still assessing the damage to Canterbury plantations from the violent windstorm last month and estimate it has left more than one million tonnes of timber on the ground. Source: Radio New Zealand
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Retirement investments destroyed by storms

03 October 2013
Major storms destroyed three local families' retirement investment in pine trees in New Zealand. Sources: Stuff Co NZ, Fairfax News NZ
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South-east forestry recommends value add for future

03 October 2013
A final report on innovation in the south-east forestry industry recommends value-adding to secure its future. Source: ABC News
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Inaugural New Zealand Tree Week next week

03 October 2013
As a way of achieving a better understanding of the role and value of trees in the urban environment The Tree Council will hold the first New Zealand Tree Week to be from 13 to 20 October 2013. Source: Voxy NZ
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Disappearing jobs in Australia

03 October 2013
Rubbish collectors, secretaries and timber workers are among the jobs that are disappearing in Australia. Source: The Telegraph
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