Forest Talk

New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) has kicked-off a multi-million-dollar project to upgrade a key rural road.

When it is finished, about five kilometres of Tarata Road between Inglewood and the Purangi Saddle will have been rebuilt, with the work concentrating on high-risk areas.

“Tarata Road is a significant regional and economic road but it’s under a lot of pressure from an increasing volume of logging trucks – it wasn’t built to withstand ..... more

A 10% U.S. tariff on all softwood lumber and timber imported from New Zealand will have significant financial repercussions on New Zealand’s forest growing industry, says the New Zealand Forest Owners Association (NZFOA).

Announced by United States President Donald Trump at the end of September, the tariff was the outcome of the Section 232 Investigation aimed at determining the effect imports of timber, lumber and their derivative products..... more

In the heart of New Zealand’s forests, a quiet revolution is taking root. Not in the machinery or the markets, but in the minds of young learners and seasoned loggers alike. Discover Forestry – a national initiative launched three years ago – is turning school field trips into powerful tools for education, connection, and industry transformation. Thanks to a small, dedicated team of forestry educators and with backing from industry.

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Burson Logging’s new Tigercat L822E feller buncher with Tigercat’s own 5185 fixed felling head is leading the charge to get Nelson’s windthrow out of the forest when our Iron Test team stops by, says writer, Tim Benseman.

He continues: “Burson Logging has two of its three crews working in this block and while the race is on to get wind-damaged wood to mills and ports before sapstain arrives, there is time and the temperature on our side to keep that ..... more

Leading carbon certification and advisory services provider, Toitū Envirocare, will extend its provision of high-quality local forest carbon credits after announcing in 2023 it would transition away from them.

In November 2023, Toitū Envirocare announced it would transition away from New Zealand carbon credits issued under the PFSI (Permanent Forest Sinks Initiative) and PP89 (Permanent Post 1989 Forest category of the Emissions Trading Scheme) in or..... more

“The NZ–UAE CEPA is New Zealand’s fastest-ever trade agreement. Negotiated in just over four months. It delivers up to an estimated $42 million in tariff savings per year for Kiwi exporters and the wider economy,” says Forestry Minister, Todd McClay, of The New Zealand–United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) entered into force last month.

“The agreement allows 98.5% of New Zealand’s exports to the UAE to enter duty-fr..... more