Shaws Iron Test; Built For New Zealand loggers
We head about 20 kilometres up the road past the Eastwood Hill Arboretum to another of A&R Logging’s crews, this one ground based with another young woman running Quality Control on site. In this crew we are testing A&R Logging’s new Sany SY415HGW Pro
This is easier ground here, not quite rolling but good enough for the six-wheeled Tigercat skidder to drag big stems to the Sany which is running a Woodsman Pro 850.
Dave Curtis is the regular operator for the 415 Pro. He started out in the industry as a...
NZ Logger Feature Sections July 2025
Breaking Out; Team approach to timber harvesting
I tell our crew we are like a hockey team,” says New Brunswick logging contractor, Sean Storey.“We don’t score goals or fill contracts as individuals – we all work tog...
Tall Timber; Farewell to a forestry stalwart
Jim Childerstone, long-time columnist for NZ Logger, passed away recently at the age of 90.Along with forestry and writing, he was a man of many talents – fencer, shea...
Forest Talk
Built for thinnings
The first thing we notice about Conan Hemsworth’s Weiler H457 harvester is the staunch, oversized, heavy-duty undercarriage with a discreet zero tail cab and...
Connecting with landowners
Gisborne District Council was on the ground last month at Porangahau Station in Te Karaka, sharing practical insights and supporting landowners at Beef + Lam...
First reading of farm-to-forest ban
The first reading of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Scheme—Forestry Conversions) Amendment Bill received strong support in Parliament late la...
Funding for continued NASA water and wildfire research
Scion programmes aimed at Increasing water flow in New Zealand, as well as wildfire knowledge and preparedness, have received a second round of government fu...
Increase in urban tree planting for Selwyn
Selwyn is considering a policy of “replacing one tree with at least two” after Rolleston was shown to have one of the lowest numbers of trees for a town in t...
Kiwis to compete in Technician of the Year awards
The fifth annual John Deere Technician of the Year Awards honour the essential work technicians do every day to support industries critical to New Zealand’s ...
NZ taskforce to tackle Canadian wildfires
A 43-person Fire and Emergency New Zealand taskforce adds to the existing assistance in Canada this week for the Manitoba province’s wildfire response.A seve...
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