Tenon selling last remaining asset
12 January 2017
New Zealand wood products company Tenon is facing the possible sale of its last remaining asset and is winding up its business. Source: Radio New Zealand The company has confirmed that it is now looking to sell its New Zealand-based Clearwood operation, after just completing the sale
Continue Reading →Investigation why NZ sawmill workers get $3 per hour
12 January 2017
New Zealand’s Immigration Minister has ordered an urgent report into specific purpose work visas. Source: Newshub It was revealed that four Indonesian welders at Napier Pine sawmill were receiving around NZ$3 an hour. The Opposition says the workers have been exploited. The men, who w
Continue Reading →Bumper crop for Taranaki contractors
12 January 2017
Taranaki’s logging contractors are gearing up to harvest a bumper crop over the next few years as trees planted more than two decades ago begin to mature. Source: Stuff NZ Many of the plots around Taranaki were planted in the ‘90s, with most taking between 25 and 30 years before
Continue Reading →Ngawha mill not off the cards
12 January 2017
Organisations involved with securing a large-scale timber-processing plant in Ngawha, New Zealand say it isn’t off the cards despite reports. Source: Stuff NZ Top Energy chief executive Russell Shaw says everyone has missed the point following the release of a pre-feasibility re
Continue Reading →NZ sawmill advocate Joe Harawira dies
12 January 2017
Tributes flow in New Zealand for QSM recipient Joseph Harawira who has died after years of fighting “corporate warriors”. The trade union movement is mourning the loss of a man who battled for 30 years on behalf of former sawmill workers who were exposed to dangerous chemi
Continue Reading →Push to reopen Gisborne to Wairoa line
05 January 2017
A rail lobby group is pushing for a damaged section of line between Gisborne and Wairoa in New Zealand to be repaired. Source: Radio New Zealand Napier-Gisborne line has been unused since it was badly damaged in a 2012 storm but KiwiRail and Napier Port have since agreed to fix the so
Continue Reading →NZ New Years’ Honours List gets the chop
05 January 2017
Jason Wynyard of Auckland received an Order of Merit from the New Zealand government for services to the sport of wood chopping. Source: Timberbiz Mr Wynyard has won more than 230 World Championship titles and is unparalleled in the sport of wood chopping. At 16 Mr Wynyard was the you
Continue Reading →Six opportunities for 2017
05 January 2017
Peter Clark CEO of PF Olsen in New Zealand offers his views on opportunities for the forestry industry in 2017. Source: Timberbiz “As we leave 2016 and look forward to 2017 I cannot help but feel positive about the NZ forestry sector and the role it can play in a prosperous NZ economy
Continue Reading →NZ forestry outlook better for 2017
22 December 2016
The outlook for forestry is looking significantly better than a year ago, when high log inventories in the key China market were raising concerns. New Zealand Herald China exports have picked up again and forestry volumes are growing, with some early harvesting taking place to take ad
Continue Reading →New chief for Scion
22 December 2016
Chairman of the Scion board, Tony Nowell, has announced the appointment of Dr Julian Elder as the Crown Research Institute’s incoming chief executive. Source: Timberbiz Dr Elder succeeds Dr Warren Parker upon his retirement from the role in early 2017. Dr Elder is described as ‘a deep
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