Shaws Wire Ropes Tackling tough terrain
The terrain that Sharples Logging encounters in Canterbury is particularly challenging, with volcanic rock so hard that it snaps grousers off and will send a machine skating if you go over it in the same place more than once without a tether.
With many Canterbury forests sharing a boundary with farms there are also many more fences and edge trees to contend with than in larger plantations.
It was with this in mind that Dave Sharples and his wife Jill eyed up John Deere’s new 959ML with fa...
NZ Logger Feature Sections August 2023
Special Feature: State of the industry
It would seem New Zealand’s forestry industry has hit the doldrums. Or is it just on a holding pattern until things, hopefully, turn for the better?The export log pri...
Tall Timber: The champion of indigenous forestry
After nearly five decades championing indigenous forestry, Scion’s and possibly New Zealand’s longest-serving indigenous forestry researcher, Greg Steward has retired...
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Big step towards green shipping
In what has been called ‘a game-changing move’, Norwegian forestry companies will be the first in the industry to ship timber on zero-emission vessels. This ...
CentrePort “cautiously optimistic” following strong results
CentrePort has continued to perform strongly across all its business functions, including positively navigating ongoing economic challenges to report an unau...
Forestry stopped in its tracks?
"Forestry was the only Climate Change initiative that was working and demonstrably on track to achieve its targets, now stopped in its tracks," said pa...
Heli-logging in action
Whakatāne residents had front row seats to a demonstration of heli-logging using a Black Hawk helicopter last month, as local operator Kāhu assisted logging ...
In full swing
When Bay Forest Harvesting’s Dan Mouatt first got into logging it was just supposed to be for a few weeks on his brother’s crew. He was given a pair of Canad...
Overseas investment reforms
Nearly every other developed country has less obstructive laws than New Zealand. They benefit from the flow of money and the ideas that come with overseas in...
Strong port profits despite cyclone influence
Strong export demand and a rebound in imports have delivered a strong profit for the Port of Tauranga - the country's biggest port.Company Chair, Julia Hoare...
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