Shaws Iron Test; Super quick, super stable
As we venture into the deep south between Invercargill and Fiordland in search of an eight-wheeled Komatsu harvester at Bluewood Thinning’s operation, we notice a lot of the trees scattered on flat farmland seem to be about 15% taller than similar trees in the North Island. The Iron Test team throws around various theories as to what might cause this.
The long rolling hills of Southland look like ideal ground for growing Douglas fir trees too, but that theory doesn’t pan out once we get in the forest. Maybe a...
NZ Logger Feature Sections November 2023
Looking Back; The Dayak Queen
Forestry pioneer, Ross Lockyer, is back with an excerpt from his third book (of five), The River is my Highway: A New Zealand Forest Ranger in the Jungles of Borneo. H...
Special Feature; Slash deluge hits Queenstown
Otago’s prime tourist resort gets hit by an extreme weather bomb, right in the middle of a Skyline logging operation above Queenstown’s CBD. It was bound to happen a...
Forest Talk
ADVERTORIAL: The connected forest
All industries face challenges in managing logistics but none more so than forestry. From remote and rugged locations to limited communications, variable for...
Act quickly on carbon farming
“I am hopeful that the new Government will introduce additional controls over carbon farming on top of the changes to the National Environmental Standards fo...
Diggers and dozers
As a young girl, Haley Adamson always preferred Caterpillars to butterflies but it was moving from earthmoving into building forestry roads that made the big...
FICA CEO to retire
Forest Industry Contractors Association (FICA) CEO, Prue Younger, will retire from her role early next year, after six years at the helm.During her time as F...
Full reach
At school as an 11-year-old, Darrin Kealey’s dad walked into class in his gum boots saying he needed him to come and drive a bulldozer as he’d got one of his...
Port Nelson delivers despite challenging year
Log exports had a slow start to the year however, the sector recovered to return to forecasted volumes ahead of a market slowdown in June, the recovery contr...
Showcasing timber design
“Everyone wins when we can support growth in our wood products sector and at the same time tackle our climate change challenges,” says Wood Processing and Ma...
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