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NZ Postgrad scholarships for primary industries
15 October 2019
Applications are open for the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries Postgraduate Science Scholarships for PhD and Masters students undertaking primary sector research. Source: Timberbiz MPI Chief Science Adviser, Dr John Roche says the scholarships are an investment in New Zeala
Continue Reading →NZ’s four largest private landowners are foreign companies
10 October 2019
An investigation by Radio New Zealand (RNZ) has found that the four largest private landowners in New Zealand are all foreign-owned forestry companies. The report says that this has occurred despite a clampdown on overseas investment. Sources: Timberbiz, Radio New Zealand According to
Continue Reading →KiwiRail adds wagons to transport 45,000 tonnes of logs
08 October 2019
KiwiRail’s additional log wagons on freight trains to Port Taranaki will avoid the need for 2700 truck trips on the regions roads, according to KiwiRail Group Chief Executive Greg Miller. Six log wagons have been added to the daily freight service between Whanganui and New Plymo
Continue Reading →Scion and PF Olsen selecting the right forest for Hawke’s Bay
02 October 2019
Scion, in collaboration with PF Olsen, is working with the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council to identify where forests could fit into the regional landscape. This project is a ‘real life’ application of Scion’s strategy ‘Right tree, right place, right purpose’ promoting an approach that wo
Continue Reading →NZ finalists for spatial awards
01 October 2019
Finalists for the New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards (NZSEA) have been announced and include a number of businesses associated with forestry. The awards received 34 entries showing various spatial technologies being employed in a number of different areas. The winners will be annou
Continue Reading →Significant milestones for NZ ‘s One Million Trees
26 September 2019
New Zealand’s One Billion Trees Fund has just hit two significant milestones that will create more than 7500 hectares of new forest cover. Speaking at a celebratory dinner at Parliament to mark 100 years of the New Zealand Forestry Service, Forestry Minister Shane Jones said the Fund
Continue Reading →Sumitomo NZ to spend heavily on more pine forests
24 September 2019
The growing need in emerging markets for building materials and fuel has spurred Japanese trading houses to expand their forestry operations. Sumitomo Corp plans to spend about 25 billion yen on acquiring more pine forest in New Zealand, one of the Asia-Pacific region’s major ti
Continue Reading →BJ Ball on the ball with Kiwi designers
18 September 2019
One of Australasia’s largest distributors of printable materials and consumables, BJ Ball, is meeting with kiwi design students to ensure the next generation of designers can see the forests for the trees. Source: Timberbiz Dually certified as PEFC and FSC ‘chain of custody’, BJ Ball
Continue Reading →FICA surveys log pricing levels
16 September 2019
Industry adjustment to the new log pricing levels is continuing to take place in New Zealand. As with all adjustments this affects businesses and individuals in very different ways depending on their individual financial circumstances and the part of the sector they are operating in.
Continue Reading →Combined ANZ log exports up 9.5% in 2018-19
16 September 2019
Combined exports of softwood logs from New Zealand and Australia totalled 26.4 million m3 in the 2018-19 financial year. Total exports from the two countries lifted 9.5% compared with the prior year, in line with the 10.5% per annum increases recorded over the decade since 2009. Sourc
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