Jim Anderton’s legacy to NZ forest industry
18 January 2018
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
Continue Reading →Unfair sacking cost $12k
18 January 2018
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
Continue Reading →Expletive text not explicit enough
18 January 2018
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
Continue Reading →Foreign investment legislation could hurt NZ forestry
18 January 2018
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
Continue Reading →NZ log exports hit new record
18 January 2018
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
Continue Reading →New government – new look at age old Kauri dieback
21 December 2017
The New Zealand Government is to hold a review into the eight-year-old program to save the kauri, with the Minister of Forestry calling previous efforts “grossly substandard”. Source: The New Zealand Herald Kauri trees in Auckland, the Coromandel and Northland are dying fr
Continue Reading →Recent graduates doing well in New Zealand’s forestry sector
21 December 2017
Recent tertiary graduates are earning good incomes from their employment in the forest industry, according to a recent survey by the New Zealand Institute of Forestry (NZIF). Source: Timberbiz A survey of 600 NZIF members indicates recent graduates in the forestry sector are attaining
Continue Reading →Christmas wishes
21 December 2017
Ryan Media staff and management would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and fabulous New Year. Ryan Media office will be closed from Monday the 25th of December and re-open on Tuesday the 2nd of January This is the last of Daily Timber News for this year. We extend best wishes to all
Continue Reading →Fisheries, forestry, biosecurity and food safety have new ‘entities’
14 December 2017
New Zealand Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor has announced a ministry reshuffle. Stand-alone “entities” for fisheries, forestry, biosecurity and food safety have been created in a portfolio reshuffle that will have them sitting within the Ministry for Primary
Continue Reading →OneFortyOne to acquire Nelson Forests
07 December 2017
Australian forestry company, OneFortyOne Plantations (OFO) has confirmed that it has signed an agreement to acquire one of New Zealand’s leading forestry businesses, Nelson Forests. Source: Timberbiz Commenting on the proposed acquisition, OneFortyOne Plantation’s Chief Executive Offi
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