Forestlands probe by Serious Fraud Office
04 May 2017
The FMA wants to make sure Forestlands has established a proper and fair process for distribution to investors. Source: Stuff NZ The Serious Fraud Office of New Zealand is looking at a group of forestry investment companies that owe investors NZ$18 million. In March, the investorsR
Continue Reading →Renewed possibility of another leaky home crisis in NZ
04 May 2017
The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is secretly pushing to allow partially untreated framing timber back into the New Zealand Building Code. Source: Voxy The move risks reigniting the Leaky Home Crisis, estimated to have already affected up to 80,000 houses and c
Continue Reading →Pesky pine pollen altering the oceans
26 April 2017
That same pesky pine pollen that gets up your nose and coats your windscreen with yellow dust could also be altering some of the world’s deepest ecosystems. Source: New Zealand Herald Scientists from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) say pollen from
Continue Reading →Cyclones dampen forestry production
26 April 2017
Rain and wind from the ex-cyclones which lashed New Zealand’s central and lower North Island in the past fortnight, slowed production rates and damaged trees, AgriHQ analyst Reece Brick said in his monthly forestry market report. Source: TVNZ “This should slow offerings to the m
Continue Reading →NZIER report says low levels of new plantings needs review
20 April 2017
New Zealand needs more trees. An increase in plantation forestry is the best and most immediate answer to reducing the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, NZ Forest Owners’ Association chief executive officer David Rhodes said in Whangarei. Sources: The New Zealand Herald,
Continue Reading →Shake Rattle & Roll for timber building
20 April 2017
Dr Minghao Li, of the University of Canterbury, has built a replica of a four-storey building out of cheap materials and shaken it to see what happens. Source: Stuff NZ University of Canterbury structural timber engineer Dr Minghao Li wants to find cheaper ways to build earthquake-res
Continue Reading →Myrtle rust arrives in NZ
13 April 2017
The arrival of myrtle rust, threatening some of New Zealand’s most precious native trees, shows the kind of impact climate change could have on the country, says Forest and Bird. Source: Timberbiz Myrtle rust, or Puccinia psidii, is a fungus with spores that are spread by the wind, an
Continue Reading →Seedling sales positive sign for forestry
05 April 2017
An increase in seedling sales is a positive sign the forestry industry is gearing up for increased production, Forest Owners Association chief executive David Rhodes says. Sources: The New Zealand Herald, The Country A Ministry for Primary Industries survey of all 28 New Zealand comme
Continue Reading →Record log prices for City Forests
05 April 2017
Domestic log prices have hit record highs in recent weeks, underpinned by the boom in construction activity. Source: Otago Times Local log prices hit record highs in March as the combined construction and horticulture sectors buoyed demand from sawmills around the country, according t
Continue Reading →Scion turns 70
05 April 2017
This month marks Scion’s 70th anniversary. In April 1947, the then State Forest Service established a Forest Experiment Station on the Scion campus to centralise forestry research. Source: Timberbiz The roots run deeper however, and Scion’s development has paralleled the evolution of
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