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NZ campaign for Trees That Count

28 May 2019
Trees That Count has launched a nationwide campaign calling for New Zealanders to take action for the environment by helping plant millions more native trees across the country. The nationwide Love Native Trees campaign features well-known New Zealand personalities including Olympic m
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NZ forest industry welcomes additional government resources

23 May 2019
New Zealand forest industry leaders have stated that the pre-Budget announcement by Forestry Minister Shane Jones of additional regional resources for Te Uru Rākau is potentially of great benefit to regional New Zealand. Farm Forestry Association President, Neil Cullen, says Shane Jon
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NZ’s Wellbeing Budget has focus on forestry

23 May 2019
New Zealand’s Wellbeing Budget will enable further transformation of the country’s forestry sector after the successful rollout of the Government’s One Billion Trees program, according to Forestry Minister Shane Jones. The NZ government has called it the Wellbeing Budget as it says it
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NZ $14M funding to expand LiDAR mapping

21 May 2019
Eight Regional Councils, in partnership with their Territorial Authorities and others, have applied for and will receive NZ$14 million of co-funding from the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) to obtain LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) elevation datasets. Source: Timberbiz Land Informati
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TRENDZ in NZ is to plant trees

16 May 2019
Delegates at New Zealand TRENZ 2019 are leaving a legacy of more than 600 native trees to benefit the New Zealand environment, as the result of a partnership with Trees That Count. A tree is being planted in each delegate’s name to commemorate their attendance at New Zealand’s biggest
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New agreement between NZ and China benefits forestry

14 May 2019
An arrangement signed by New Zealand and China paves the way for future forestry cooperation and boosting bilateral trade, Forestry Minister Shane Jones says. The arrangement was signed in Wellington by Shane Jones and Mr Zhang Jianlong, the Administrator of China’s National Forestry
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Swamp kauri find at Auckland construction site

08 May 2019
More than 20 pieces of one of the world’s most expensive timber, swamp kauri, have been unearthed at an Auckland construction site. Construction workers at the site of what will be New Zealand’s largest retail store in Henderson, West Auckland, made the discovery of a R
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First AS/NZS Standards Committee meeting in May

07 May 2019
An historic Trans-Tasman forestry standard is a step closer with the Gold Coast in Queensland set to host the first standards committee meeting from 16-17 May 2019. In response to unprecedented interest from New Zealand stakeholders, Simon Dorries, Responsible Wood CEO, confirmed that
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XLam to exit New Zealand

07 May 2019
After months of deliberation and consultation, cross laminated timber company XLam has confirmed fears it would close its New Zealand operations at Nelson. A statement from the company said the operations are no longer considered commercially sustainable and that “a new business model
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NZ investment to train heavy machinery operators

02 May 2019
The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) in New Zealand will invest up to NZ$4.3 million to help establish a state-of-the-art heavy machinery operator training centre in Northland to address skills shortages and grow jobs. Source: Timberbiz “The talent pool of experienced people working as he
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