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Logging Trucks Stir Up Locals

22 January 2015
New Zealand Northlanders are so fed up about the state of their local roads they’ve taken their plight to the Prime Minister. The residents of Pipiwai, near Whangarei, say dust whipped up by logging trucks is making them sick as well as making driving dangerous. Source: TVNZ Fif
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Falling fuel prices lift log exports

22 January 2015
Prices and demand for New Zealand’s main forestry export, raw logs, fell during the year when China put the brakes on the trade. Source: Radio New Zealand There had been little change in market conditions in China, but foresters were getting a bit more for their logs at the whar
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Mangorei Sawmills fined $30,000 for accident

22 January 2015
A New Plymouth New Zealand contractor has been fined NZ$30,000 after an employee rolled a digger down a hill and ended up on ACC for a year. Sources: Stuff NZ, Taranaki Daily News Mangorei Sawmills Ltd (MSL) was sentenced in New Plymouth District Court after pleading guilty to a charg
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Hart mill now in Japanese hands

15 January 2015
Graeme Hart’s pulp and paper mill in the Eastern Bay of Plenty in New Zealand is now in the hands of a Japanese company. Source: Sun Live Oji Holding purchased the Hart-owned Carter Holt Harvey in April 2014 for NZ$1.037 billion. The pulp and paper mill sold for just over a NZ$1
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Rimu salvage underway in NZ

08 January 2015
Helicopters have started salvaging some of the native timber blown over by Cyclone Ita on the West Coast of New Zealand in April. Source: 3News The storm destroyed thousands of hectares of forest, and over the summer hundreds of valuable rimu logs are being recovered from bush land ne
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NZ log prices remain on the rise

08 January 2015
New Zealand export log prices have advanced for a fifth month as a decline in shipping costs bolstered local returns and offset weak prices from China, the country’s largest market. Source: AAP The average wharf gate price for New Zealand A-grade logs rose to $NZ101 ($A94) a ton
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Overseas logging interests above NZ interests

08 January 2015
New Zealand’s Labour Party has alleged that over 500,000 hectares of New Zealand forests have been sold to overseas interests, in the last three years. Source: International Business Times Labour Party’s Forestry spokesperson Stuart Nash told media that despite approval by
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Canterbury farmers fear drought

08 January 2015
Canterbury, New Zealand is on the verge of drought with the southern region the driest it has been in a decade, forcing farmers to sell surplus stock and leading to restrictions on irrigation as the area waits for rain. Source: Scoop Soil moisture in eastern and southern Canterbury is
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New Years’ honour for NZ foresters

08 January 2015
Geoff and Gill Brann had no experience in forestry before they bought their property at Roydon Downs in 1963 but today they are being honoured for their work in the industry. Source: Bay of Plenty Times The couple has received the Queen’s Service Medal for their contribution to
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A snapshot of NZ forestry and timber business

18 December 2014
The evergreen forests of Pinus radiata on New Zealand’s landscapes stand as an undeniable testament to sustainable industry. Forestry contributes a gross annual income of NZ$5 billion, which amounts to 3% of New Zealand’s GDP. Source: The New Zealand Herald, Element Magazi
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