Shaws Iron Test; Ideal Loader
It’s been years since we tested a machine on the Wet Coast. Yep, we spelt that wrong on purpose.
Hats off to blokes who log in this very challenging place. We roll into Greymouth the night before the test to be greeted by a terrible storm, with several hours of thunder and lightning and the sea sounding like it is going to crash over the road and through the wall of the cabin. Lucky we don’t scare easy.
We are here to test a Komatsu PC270HW – a long-legged, lean machine sporting an Ensign grapple ...
NZ Logger Feature Sections September 2026
Women in Forestry; Sophie's love of Forestry
It was a quick about turn that led to Sophie Cusack pursuing a career in the forestry industry.Although she is from a logging family, it was a different kind of outdoo...
Harvesting; How story damage impacts skidder extraction
There have been two previous NZ Logger articles focusing on skidder operations this year.The first reviewed the effectiveness of extending the operating range of ...
Forest Talk
FGLT funding applications open next month
The Forest Growers Levy Trust (FGLT) application process for 2027 funding will take place in September this year as an open call, consistent with previous ye...
Helping track alpine ecosystems’ fire recovery
University of Canterbury students are gaining hands-on research experience while contributing to decades-long datasets tracking how native ecosystems recover...
Kauri protection platform recognised
Years of collaboration on helping protect Kauri has received international recognition.The New Zealand-developed platform’s use of geospatial technology rece...
Komatsu unit has power, stability, reach and height
It's off to the stormy West Coast for September's Iron Test – a Komatsu PC270HW sporting an Ensign grapple.It’s been a long time since we tested a machine in...
Mentors sought for Wāhine in Forestry programme
Wāhine in Forestry has launched a new mentorship programme. The idea of the programme is to connect women studying forestry with women working across the sec...
Reasons forest road closures are ignored
Why are recreational users ignore forestry road closures?Valuable insights into the answer to that question have come from a new survey of recreational fores...
Recloaking the Wellington region
A million native trees have been planted in Greater Wellington regional parks, a milestone in efforts to reforest former grazing land.The millionth tree was ...
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