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NZ pumps $1b into development projects including forestry

17 February 2021
A significant milestone in support to the regions has been passed with more than one billion dollars pumped into economic development projects to back local jobs and businesses in New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash says the Provincial
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First tree-root-mircobiome model to be developed by Scion

15 February 2021
Scion researchers have started a new program to develop the first ever tree-root-microbiome model. Collaborators in this program include Lincoln University (New Zealand), University of Western Sydney (Australia), Woodwell Climate Research Center (USA) and Wright State University (USA)
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NZ log exports down 6.3% in 2020

15 February 2021
New Zealand’s log exports declined 6.3% in 2020, falling to 20.080 million m3 in the tumultuous year. As the year drew to a close, exports in December totalled 1.845 million m3, down 4.4% on the prior month but a solid 8.6% higher than exports recorded in December 2019. Source: Indust
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Wairoa foresters forced to subsidise local meatworks

15 February 2021
Foresters in the Wairoa District are appalled that a part of their recent rate increase will go to propping up the local meatworks. Wairoa District Council disclosed at a meeting to discuss a differential rating targeting forestry, that the Council was providing a rebate of NZ$150,000
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Forestry company $3m bill wiped by NZ High Court pic

10 February 2021
A forestry company has had a NZ$2.89 million debt set aside by the High Court after failing to harvest on deadline for a contract written on bad advice from the Marlborough District Council in New Zealand. Sources: Stuff NZ, Timberbiz Zindia Limited signed the contract in 2016, to har
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Fire in Manawatu Tangimoana forest burns through 53ha

08 February 2021
Fire and emergency services in New Zealand have been fighting a fire in the Manawatu Tangimoana forest. They were called to the fire around 6pm on 4 February and by the morning of 5 February it had burnt through 40ha of forestry. Source: Timberbiz Six helicopters and heavy machinery w
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KiwiRail replaces old log wagons with specialty units

03 February 2021
KiwiRail’s old log wagons have been replaced by specially constructed cradle cassette containers built by Royal Wolf’s Intermodal Business Unit. The 484 new 20-foot cassette containers can be loaded and secured onto different types of railway wagons to increase compatibility and capac
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FOA NZ responds to Climate Change Commission

03 February 2021
The Climate Change Commission has endorsed the crucial role exotic forestry will carry out in meeting New Zealand’s net greenhouse gas emission targets in 2030 and 2050. But Forest Owners Association president Phil Taylor says some groups, such as the Environmental Defence Society, ha
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Microforest movement planting a seed in NZ

01 February 2021
Just as a seed can become a towering tree, Colin Davis hopes his tiny forest will grow a movement. On a 100 square metre triangle of sloping land on his property in the Enner Glynn hills, Davis is planting a microforest. Source: Stuff NZ Each weekend, he and friend AJ Clarken, whose e
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Open letter on climate change report in NZ

01 February 2021
  Professor Euan Mason from the School of Forestry at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand has penned an open letter after the release of the Climate Change report. Professor Mason holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the University of Maine and a Doctor of Philoso
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