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At a giant snail’s pace

16 April 2025
OneFortyOne NZ Forests has established a dedicated sanctuary to protect a rare endemic snail species in a partnership that brings together forestry, conservation, and mana whenua. Source: Timberbiz The sanctuary, located within OneFortyOne’s Rai Forests, provides a small safe haven fo
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Inaugural Growing Native Forests Champions’ Awards

16 April 2025
Nominations are open for the inaugural Growing Native Forests Champions’ Awards, celebrating the people and groups leading native growing efforts New Zealand Forestry Minister Todd McClay announced. Source: Timberbiz “These awards will recognise the farmers, landowners, iwi, and
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Good for wool but what about wood

14 April 2025
The announcement by the New Zealand Government directing public agencies to consider using wool fibres over synthetic options is a sensible decision, but it is disappointing wood fibres that possess the same innovative, sustainable and health benefits to wool have been overlooked says
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Phasing out forestry from the Emissions Trading Scheme has wide implications

11 April 2025
Forest owners say a proposal to phase forestry out of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) would have widespread implications not just for forest owners, but for fulfilling New Zealand’s climate action goals. Source: Timberbiz The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment released
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NZ conservationists concerned about planting permanent pine forests

09 April 2025
New Zealand’s Forest & Bird is concerned about modelling revealing that meeting the Government’s climate commitments would require planting vast areas of conservation and other Crown land in permanent pine forests, in a desperate attempt to meet Aotearoa New Zealand’s net zero emi
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Nelson timber plant provides green materials for new parliament buildings

07 April 2025
Green construction materials from the top of New Zealand’s South Island will be used in new multi-storey buildings being constructed at Parliament. Sources: The Nelson Mail, The Press Nelson Pine Industries will be providing more than 700 cubic meters of Laminated Veneer Lumber
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NZ gets a temporary US exemption on tariffs for timber

04 April 2025
The temporary exemption of tariffs on timber and lumber imported into the United States provides some relief to New Zealand exporters. Though this exemption could be short lived based on the outcome of the Section 232 investigation aimed at determining the effects imports of timber, l
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Lessons from a saw accident in the workplace

02 April 2025
On 20 December 2021, Ashley Industrial Services Ltd – a family-owned sawmill/manufacturing plant in Oxford, New Zealand experienced a tragic accident. While operating a trim saw to trim wane from the ends of timber, an employee accidentally had his hand strike the saw’s blade. T
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Scion joins IUFRO in new task forces

02 April 2025
The International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) recently announced 12 new task forces for the 2025 to 2030 period. Scion will be involved in three of them. Source: Timberbiz Task Forces are interdisciplinary activities working on topics of global interest and importan
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Interim findings into non-synthetic fungicide options for myrtle rust

02 April 2025
Dr Rob Beresford of PFR shared interim findings from his research into non-synthetic fungicide options for controlling myrtle rust. Source: Timberbiz The study involved glasshouse and field trials using a range of alternative products on the highly susceptible cultivar Lophomyrtus ‘Re
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