Shaws Iron Test: Bigger than Big
When Rotorua Forest Haulage’s (RFH) Kaingaroa Site Manager, Jay McLean, drives up to our meeting spot he has a 60 litre drum of petrol on his Ute for the regraders crew at the Kaingaroa Processing Plant (KPP). Obviously a hands-on boss then.
“I started out logging with family,” Jay says. ”Did tree felling, ran haulers for a long time, then came here and worked at the KPP itself for Timberlands for 10 years before coming over to RFH to manage the unloading of stem trucks, feeding of the processing plant and then handling of the fi...
NZ Logger Feature Sections February 2025
Breaking Out; Solid loggin Equipment approach
Quebec-based logging contractor, Steeve Ladrie explains that his equipment approach is about meeting the needs of his teams: his selection of harvesting equipment is b...
Young Achievers; Hands-On
Million-dollar machines were halted at a forestry skid site in December so Year 10 Campion College students could see what happens during a harvest.It’s the first time...
Forest Talk
Farewell to a forestry stalwart
Jim Childerstone, long-time columnist for NZ Logger, recently passed away. Along with forestry and writing, he was a man of many talents – fencer, shearer, s...
Gene editing research to benefit NZ forestry
As part of research aimed at improving wood quality and producing materials to support New Zealand’s bioeconomy, Scion has launched the world’s first field t...
“Investment boost” welcomed by wood processors and manufacturers
A new tax incentive, “Investment Boost”, that allows businesses to immediately deduct 20% of the costs of new assets (or second-hand assets purchased from ov...
Janus electric now trading on the ASX
Janus Electric Holdings, the pioneering Australian manufacturer of electric truck conversion systems and swappable battery infrastructure, commenced trading ...
Largest Australian forestry land acquisition in a decade
In a landmark acquisition, forestry and sawmill business, OneFortyOne, has taken ownership of the former New Forests-managed Limestone Coast plantation fores...
Massive port access fee increase “a cash grab”
In an unpleasant surprise for the freight industry, Auckland Council-owned Port of Auckland has announced that Port access charges for road transport operato...
Solid and reliable
When our Iron Test team arrives at A&R Logging’s Patutahi swing yarder operation, the recently upgraded i.Log Madill 124 is pulling logs downhill. The team i...
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