The New Zealand Government is being accused of an about-turn which could undermine its proposed billion tree planting program and its climate change mitigation goals. Source: Otago Daily Times The Forest Owners Association (FOA) has come out strongly against a Treasury proposal that t
Gisborne New Zealand’s Juken wood processing plant is looking to halve its workforce because of a weak Japanese housing market, affecting about 100 jobs. Source: Gisborne Herald Staff from Juken New Zealand’s timber mill here were told of the proposal to cut production of plywood and
Some of the 100 workers faced with losing their jobs at a Gisborne, New Zealand sawmill could find work at nearby mothballed sawmill which plans to reopen. Sources: Stuff NZ, Gisborne Herald Eastland Community Trust (ECT) said it was in the “final stages” of negotiations w
A weather eye is being kept on escalating log prices by Japanese-owned Pan Pac Forest Products, whose Milburn sawmill is becoming one of the largest in Otago. Source: Otago Daily Times Log demand from China, which has steadily pushed up prices for the past 24 months, is beginning to h
The boss of a timber mill has played down the number of complaints lodged about its smoke emissions, pointing out the mill was once on the outskirts of town, but is now surrounded by houses. Sources: The Marlborough Express, Stuff NZ Neighbours of Timberlink in Burleigh, Blenheim have
The Forest Owners Association is paying tribute to Jim Anderton for his contribution to the forest industry. Source: Scoop NZ President Peter Clark says Jim Anderton had a keen eye for the significance of forestry in the New Zealand economy and appreciated targeted government support
A logging worker unfairly sacked just months after going off the benefit has been awarded more than NZ$12,000 by the Employment Relations Authority. Source: Radio NZ Nigel Brown started working for Te Kohu Logging in Hamilton in February last year after relocating from Tokoroa. After
If you received a text from your boss saying: “F…… useless. Make this your last week, f…… wasting my time”, what would you think? Would you think you were fired? Or would you brush it off as your boss having a bad day? Source: Stuff NZ That text is
The New Zealand Government could be about to fell its own tree-planting plans. Sources say Treasury has drafted legislation that it will put to Cabinet at the end of the month which will bring forestry cutting rights into the Overseas Investment Act framework. Source: Stuff NZ That wo
New Zealand log exports hit a new record last year, underscoring the concerns of local manufacturers that the country is sending too many unprocessed logs overseas, posing a threat for local timber supply in the future and undermining the goal to add more value to exports. Source: The