NZ Logger Magazine | February 2025
February 2025 Shaws Iron Test

Shaws Iron Test: Bigger than Big

     Story & photos: Tim Benseman

When Rotorua Forest Haulage’s (RFH) Kaingaroa Site Manager, Jay McLean, drives up to our meeting spot he has a 60 litre drum of petrol on his Ute for the regraders crew at the Kaingaroa Processing Plant (KPP). Obviously a hands-on boss then.

“I started out logging with family,” Jay says. ”Did tree felling, ran haulers for a long time, then came here and worked at the KPP itself for Timberlands for 10 years before coming over to RFH to manage the unloading of stem trucks, feeding of the processing plant and then handling of the fi...

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February 2025 Breaking Out

Breaking Out; Solid loggin Equipment approach

Quebec-based logging contractor, Steeve Ladrie explains that his equipment approach is about meeting the needs of his teams: his selection of harvesting equipment is b...

February 2025 Young Achievers

Young Achievers; Hands-On

Million-dollar machines were halted at a forestry skid site in December so Year 10 Campion College students could see what happens during a harvest.It’s the first time...

Forest Talk

 
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    Bigger than Big

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    Don’t skimp on safety boots

    Anyone who spends their days in forestry terrain knows that what you wear on your feet plays a big role, not only in how safe your feet are, but in how tired...

  • Hands-on forestry experience

    Hands-on forestry experience

    Million-dollar machines were halted at a forestry skid site last month so Year 10 Campion College students could see what happens during a harvest.It’s the f...

  • New Climate Change Commission appointments

    New Climate Change Commission appointments

    Dame Patsy Reddy has been appointed as the new Chair of the Climate Change Commission, the independent Crown entity that provides the Government with advice,...

  • New technology to boost bioeconomy

    New technology to boost bioeconomy

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  • Public-Private tree planting on Crown land?

    Public-Private tree planting on Crown land?

    Cabinet has agreed to explore public-private partnerships to plant trees on Crown land, supporting New Zealand’s climate change targets and creating more job...

  • Recognising innovation in the bush

    Recognising innovation in the bush

    Carterton forestry company, Farman Turkington Forestry, won both the Harcourts Hamill Realty Innovation Award and the Trust House Supreme Award late last yea...

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