June 2021 Iron Test - A good trucking job

A good trucking job

    

Next to getting trees on the ground, the biggest challenge facing a crew is shifting the wood out of the forest in a timely manner.

In large, properly laid-out corporate forests it’s not such a critical issue because permanent, well-formed roads allow conventional log trucks to get right into a skid site, load up and drive out quickly.

Not so in many smaller and intermediate forests, where skids/landings are located far away from the highway and tracks can be difficult and expensive to build, especially on steeper te...

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June 2021 NZ Timber - Native beech  manufacturing on the rebound

Native beech manufacturing on the rebound

Health Based Building’s new Foreverbeech demonstration home, featuring a variety of red and silver beech products, has become a popular attraction according to on-site...

June 2021 Women in Forestry - Girl Power

Girl Power

You’ll probably never meet someone as calm as Ange Alexander. Her peaceful demeanour naturally rubs off on you when you're in the same room. Married to husband Mi...

Forest Talk

 
  • Built for thinnings

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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