J-Frame questioned on labelling of LVL
22 June 2017
A popular brand of timber product used to build Kiwi homes doesn’t meet the strict rules put in place in response to the leaky homes crisis. Source: TVNZ That’s prompted urgent action from government officials. The Commerce Commission has ruled J-Frame is not everything it
Continue Reading →Gisborne forestry booming
14 June 2017
The Gisborne forestry industry is booming and it’s expected that over the next five years that log volume through the Eastland port will increase by one million tonnes. Source: Maori Television “We’re exporting about 2.5 million tonnes a year through the port at the
Continue Reading →Dunedin forest closed due to red needle
14 June 2017
A Dunedin forest remains closed to the public after a pine tree disease not previously found on the South Island’s lower east coast reached the city. Source: Otago Daily Times City Forests chief executive Grant Dodson yesterday confirmed the forest at Cedar Farm, above Port Chal
Continue Reading →Plant trees now don’t wait for climate report
14 June 2017
Forest owners in New Zealand want the government to get extra forest planting underway, rather than waiting for a report on climate change to be presented next year. Source: New Zealand Herald Minister for Climate Change Paula Bennett has announced that the Productivity Commission wil
Continue Reading →Red needle cast for NZ pines
08 June 2017
Dieback of pine needles on a pine plantation near the top of the Pahiatua Track prompted Pahiatua resident Ross Cotter to ask the Bush Telegraph why the trees are dying. Source: New Zealand Herald Pahiatua arborist Kevin Nicholson observed the dieback three years ago. “It’
Continue Reading →Award winners in NZ forestry awards
31 May 2017
An outstanding turnout by local forestry companies, contractors and transport operators from throughout the lower South Island of New Zealand attended the 2017 Southern Wood Council Forestry Awards. Source: Timberbiz The Council, representing all major forest owners and most of the ma
Continue Reading →NZ export log prices on the rise
31 May 2017
New Zealand export log prices generally rose this month, as key fundamentals move in the country’s favour, AgriHQ said. Source: NBR Prices lifted through all unpruned export log grades this month, while pruned logs experienced some minor weakness, according to AgriHQ’s mon
Continue Reading →Tumu Timbers finalist for health & safety award
31 May 2017
Tumu Timbers’ commitment to creating a healthy workplace has been recognised with the company named a finalist in this year’s New Zealand Workplace Health & Safety Awards. The business was one of three finalists in the “Best initiative to promote better worker he
Continue Reading →Crowdfunding saves the forest
25 May 2017
The Native Forest Restoration Trust, along with the public, has bought 112 hectares of bush in the Wekaweka Valley, which backs onto the Waipoua Forest – home to New Zealand’s largest tree, Tane Mahuta. Source: Radio New Zealand Trust general manager Sandy Crichton said th
Continue Reading →Sawmiller wins wood industry top award
25 May 2017
Fourteen years after picking up a job as a mill hand while looking for firewood, Riverton man Rodney Lonneker has been awarded one of New Zealand’s wood industry’s top regional awards. Source: Stuff NZ On Friday, Mr Lonneker collected the Wood Processing Excellence award at the
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