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Blueprint for NZ forest and wood industry

22 November 2021
The Forest Owners Association of New Zealand says the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has laid down a blueprint for the New Zealand forest and wood industry, with the release of ‘Forest Products in the Global Economy’, as part of the COP26 meeting and events in Glasgow. Source: T
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Hancock Forest Management is now Manulife

19 November 2021
Hancock Forest Management NZ has changed its name to Manulife Investment Management Forest Management Ltd NZ (MFM NZ), or Manulife. The change represents a visual transition to align with its parent company Manulife Investment Management (MFM). Source: Timberbiz There are no changes t
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OFO to invest heavily in Kaituna sawmill

19 November 2021
OneFortyOne will invest NZ$11 million dollars in its Kaituna sawmill in New Zealand over the next three years. General Manager of Kaituna Sawmill Tracy Goss said the investment consists of three major projects to increase the sawmill’s drying and treating capacity. Source: Timberbiz “
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A Signature event for Trees That Count

17 November 2021
  New Zealand’s Signature Homes has signalled its intention to mitigate its house construction carbon dioxide emissions by planting around 45,000 native trees annually. Source: Timberbiz The company’s CO2 reduction program will kick off in early 2022 and Chief Executive Paul Bull
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NZ faces challenges for construction demand for materials including timber

15 November 2021
The New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga, says that New Zealand faces challenges in meeting demands for key construction materials for infrastructure, with a risk of delays to major projects. Source: Timberbiz These findings are among those detailed in Te Waihanga’s Infr
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Students’ Woodskills impress judges

15 November 2021
Students from New Zealand’s Whanganui Collegiate School have taken out four of the six top awards in the Secondary Schools Creative Woodskills Competition run by Middle Districts Farm Forestry Association and UCOL. Source: Timberbiz Whanganui Collegiate School students Benjamin Poulto
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Forestry crews face a lean Christmas in NZ due to log export crisis

12 November 2021
A dramatic drop in global log prices has impacted on operations in New Zealand and some forestry crews face a lean Christmas until prices lift again and full production hopefully resumes. Sources: Gisborne Herald, Timberbiz Eastland Wood Council (EWC) chief executive Philip Hope said
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Study starts to reduce erosion and sediment into rivers from forestry

10 November 2021
Safeguarding New Zealand’s waterways is the key driver behind a seven-year study into the performance of control practices for reducing erosion and sediment delivered to rivers from forest harvesting. Source: Timberbiz The Ministry for Primary Industries has partnered with forestry co
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NZ program making headway with new forestry workers

08 November 2021
More young New Zealanders are making forestry and wood-processing their future with seven more talented applicants joining the Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau – Forestry Scholarship program. Source: Timberbiz “It is fantastic to keep seeing young people embarking on their forestry career. The 
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Ernslaw One sells Whangaoua and Ruatoria forests

08 November 2021
Ernslaw One has sold the Whangapoua and Ruatoria forests with a combined area of 15,100 productive hectares to Summit Forests New Zealand Limited. Source: Timberbiz Yong Tiong, Executive Director of the Oregon Group, the parent company of Ernslaw One, said this was a significant step
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