NZ government alerted to Kauri sell off
12 October 2017
Government officials have checked out a company which seems to offer bulk swamp kauri on a Chinese e-commerce site but say no laws have been broken. Source: New Zealand Herald The rupturing of a vital fuel pipeline near Ruakaka last month – possibly after it was damaged by a dig
Continue Reading →New Zealanders put stop on replanting trees
12 October 2017
Some New Zealand forest owners are suspending replanting of trees and re-thinking investments as the country’s third-largest export earner finds itself in the sights of maverick politician Winston Peters’ protectionist agenda. Sources: Today Online, Reuters The election ki
Continue Reading →River log jams – log jam Hancock proposal
05 October 2017
Hancock Forest Management has gone back to the drawing board for a new look at a proposed crossing of the Mangakahia River to carry heavy machinery to harvest a pine plantation at Pakotai, 48km northwest of Whangarei in New Zealand. Source: The New Zealand Herald The company is redesi
Continue Reading →NZ forestry to hit speed bumps
05 October 2017
New Zealand’s forestry sector is heading into 2018 with some speed wobbles, following stellar times during the past almost two years. Source: Otago Daily Times Chinese demand and an easing in competition from some other countries has seen forestry notch up some its best log export pri
Continue Reading →Winston Peters talks forestry with major New Zealand parties
05 October 2017
Discussing forestry policy is a good place to start for Labour leader Jacinda Ardern when she meets with New First leader Winston Peters to talk about a possible coalition. Sources: Radio New Zealand, Otago Daily Times Labour and NZ First agree almost completely on forestry policy bec
Continue Reading →Canadian expert urges NZ to build more high rise wood
28 September 2017
A visiting Canadian building expert is urging New Zealand to make better use of its natural timber to construct more high-rise buildings using wood. Source: Radio NZ Karla Fraser, a senior project manager at Urban One Builders in Vancouver, is in New Zealand for a conference in Rotoru
Continue Reading →Pango Forestry on forest management
28 September 2017
Pango Forestry’s founder, Zane Cleaver says that forest management is an investment in the future. Source: Timberbiz, Scoop NZ Of late, there has been an increasing need for services related to Pango forestry management as more and more owners want to maximize wealth through a forest
Continue Reading →Timber alight on container ship
28 September 2017
Firefighters have gone into the hatch of a container ship the Kokopo Chief, moored at the Port of Tauranga in New Zealand where a fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning. Source: Stuff NZ The Kokopo Chief, moored at the Port of Tauranga in New Zealand was loaded with timbe
Continue Reading →App to wage war on kauri dieback
28 September 2017
There is a game-changing tool on the way in the war against kauri dieback, the disease which is having a devastating effect on New Zealand’s native forests. Sources: Timberbiz, Scoop NZ Thanks to the 2016 WWF-New Zealand Conservation Innovation Awards, sustainable land management grou
Continue Reading →NZ structural log prices highest in two decades
28 September 2017
New Zealand structural log prices edged up to the highest level in more than two decades as mills compete with the export market to secure supply for the local construction market. Source: The New Zealand Herald The price for structural S1 logs lifted to NZ$128 a tonne this month, fro
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