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Holdco asks directors to resign from Invercargill City Forests

13 May 2020
The three directors of an Invercargill City Council-owned forestry company which is being sold have effectively been forced to resign during the Covid-19 pandemic and two of them are unimpressed. Source: Stuff NZ Invercargill City Forests Limited chairman Mel Montgomery said she and f
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NZ forest safety conference now online in June

13 May 2020
The Forest Industry Engineering Association announced that its biennial forest safety conference will be going ahead in June – in a digital format. The new way of learning will include online chat rooms to allow for networking. Source: Timberbiz “While lockdown conditions have forced
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Skin care made from tree bark

11 May 2020
A new bark-based skin care cream has been developed as part of Scion’s bark bio-refinery research program. This is the first in a long line of possible products from bark, including water repellent coatings for raincoats and touch screens. Source: Timberbiz Around 2.4 million tonnes o
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Redeployment for forestry workers in New Zealand

11 May 2020
Up to 160 redeployed workers are set to pick up jobs in 55 biosecurity and conservation projects in New Zealand to get the regional economy moving again, Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor and Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage announced. Source: Timberbiz The new projects in Northl
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Responsible Wood Zooms into Trans-Tasman standard

08 May 2020
Even in these challenging times it’s business as usual for the AS/NZS 4708 Standards Reference Committee as they work towards the Trans-Tasman Sustainable Forest Management Standard due out in the second half of 2020. Source: Timberbiz Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, video conferencing ha
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New Forests ANZFF no longer a closed-end fund

08 May 2020
International forestry investment manager New Forests announced the extension of its flagship forestry fund, the Australia New Zealand Forest Fund (ANZFF). Originally launched in 2010 as a 10-year, closed-end fund, ANZFF was converted into an extended long-term vehicle by agreement of
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NZ Forest Growers Trust may borrow to maintain its work program

06 May 2020
The New Zealand Forest Growers Levy Trust is anticipating borrowing and using reserves to maintain as much of its yearly work program as possible. The Trust has decided to reduce its work program by a million dollars, following disruption to forest exports and production caused by the
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NZ aims to attract 5000 to work in forestry industries

04 May 2020
The New Zealand Government is joining forces with the forestry and wood-processing sector to help attract a diverse workforce of more than 5000 additional people in a post-COVID-19 world. The inaugural meeting of the Forestry and Wood Processing Workforce Council was held on Friday. S
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OFO and Timberlink NZ operations are back online

01 May 2020
Timberlink and OneFortyOne’s New Zealand operations have resumed this week as New Zealand moved from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 this week. Source: Timberbiz New Zealand moved to Alert Level 4 last month causing both Timberlink and OneFortyOne to shut their operations in that count
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Port Nelson operations kick-in with restart of forestry

29 April 2020
The easing of COVID-19 restrictions to alert level 3 has meant several port operations and projects have re-commenced in New Zealand under physical distancing measures such as Port Nelson. Forestry is Port Nelson’s largest export by volume. Source: Timberbiz The announcement of the re
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