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

 
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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 “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 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

    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

    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

    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 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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