Forest Talk

“If Government is serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions from heavy transport and getting better value from forestry then we need a collective task force supported by Government focused on creating sustainable business from Forestry, and producing sustainable biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Collective action has kick-started the replacement of coal by biomass as fuel for process heat. We could achieve similar from heavy transport deca..... more

The Environment Committee is calling for submissions on the Climate Change Response (Late Payment Penalties and Industrial Allocation) Amendment Bill.

This bill seeks to amend provisions in the Climate Change Response Act 2002 relating to the Emissions Trading Scheme. These amendments concern the settings of industrial allocation and the penalty that applies when small forestry participants fail to surrender or repay units by the due date.

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With Lake Taupo Forest closed, New Zealand Forest Managers (NZFM) says in the passing weeks since Cyclone Gabrielle, it is starting to understand the impacts it has had on our forests and lands, and on next steps to take. 

NZFM is prioritising minimising health and safety risks to the general public. It has had all stand adjacent to public roads assessed, and is removing those deemed high risk – which are mainly in the Rangipō area. Priority is ..... more

Grimmer Contracting’s new Komatsu 895.2SS forwarder is the first SpeedShift in New Zealand. In other words, it enables operators to use the machine's full speed range without having to stop to change gear. SpeedShift automatically shifts the machine up a gear as the operator increases speed, which results in both lower fuel consumption and higher average transport speed, says Komatsu. Our Iron Test Team decided to find out for themselves. 

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The winners of the Norwood New Zealand Rural Sports Awards 2023 were recently announced at a gala dinner at Awapuni Racecourse in Palmerston North. The Awards celebrate the remarkable achievements and dedication of rural athletes and supporters who significantly promote and sustain rural sports in New Zealand.

Judging Panel Convenor, Nathan Twaddle, says it was an exciting evening celebrating those who have made a lasting impact on the rural sporting..... more

Following on our report on the impressive achievements of Dad, Jack Kuru (NZ Logger, July 2019), we catch up with Kuru Contracting’s Ricky Kuru, to find he is more than following in his father’s footsteps.

What started as a small business building forestry roads, became a hugely-successful log harvesting and forestry roading operation.

The business was not without its challenges before Jack bought Ricky out, but this East Coast forestry force i..... more