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New NZ Standard for agrichemicals released after first review in 17 years

03 November 2021
Disease and pest free animals and crops rely on agrichemical use. Pesticides, detergents and sanitisers are a critical component of New Zealand’s NZ$48 billion agricultural sector. Source: Timberbiz The recently released and updated ‘NZS 8409:2021 Management of agrichemicals’ provides
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Australian and NZ ArborGen sells nursery assets to consortium

03 November 2021
Tree seedling company ArborGen has agreed to sell its New Zealand and Australian assets to a consortium led by Hugh Fletcher for NZ$22.25 million. ArborGen is one of the last remnants of the former Fletcher Forests, and has a range of nurseries producing seedlings for the timber and a
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Forestry Now – the State of the Industry Review

03 November 2021
The past two years has been a period of upheaval within the timber industry nationally with bushfires, COVID lockdowns, China, plans to halt the native timber industry in at least two States and legal challenges to the timber industry as a whole. We believe the time is right to take a
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NZ forest owners say growing trees is a key factor for COP26

01 November 2021
The New Zealand Forest Owners Association has joined 17 other forest and timber organisations around the world in launching the International Wood Manifesto in London, to lead into the crucial COP26 UN climate change conference in Glasgow. Source: Timberbiz The Manifesto is making the
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Time for Timber is the call from global forestry and timber industries

29 October 2021
Global forest and timber industries are calling on politicians and policy makers in a new manifesto to urgently support the scaling up of wood use. The manifesto, ‘Growing our low-carbon future: Time for Timber’, sets out the case for how the world can make greater use of sustainable
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Permanent exotic forest carbon projects threaten sustainable forestry

25 October 2021
Concerns about the legitimacy of permanent exotic forest carbon farming projects threaten the future of sustainable forestry, Ekos chief executive Dr Sean Weaver says. Dr Weaver is the founder and CEO of Ekos, an environmental financing consulting business focusing on indigenous fores
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KPMG report shows NZ well ahead of Australia for climate change and forestry

20 October 2021
The New Zealand agriculture, land use and forestry sector has been ranked number one out of 25 nations for the way it is getting to grips with climate change issues. Source: Timberbiz For its just-published Net Zero Readiness Index (NZRI), global consultancy KPMG examined 103 indicato
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Pine-to-natives project gains financial assistance from Pan Pac

18 October 2021
New Zealand’s largest ‘pine to natives’ forest conversion project has been given a NZ$15,000 cash injection by a leading producer of radiata pine products. The initiative by Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust (FLRT) is converting the former Maungataniwha Pine Forest
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NZ pushes for extra planting to insure greenhouse gas reductions

18 October 2021
New Zealand’s Forest Owners Association says extra planting is ‘just as well’ given slippage on carbon reduction targets. The foresters’ intentions to plant more trees is an immediate and practical insurance against New Zealand not achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals. Source: Tim
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Invitation to view model building for low carbon construction

13 October 2021
In mid-November, construction professionals and property developers will be able to attend site visits to the Clearwater Quays Apartments, a model building for low carbon construction in Christchurch, New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz Earlier this year, open days to this mass timber proj
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