Shaws Iron Test; One quick slash grapple
You know things are going to get interesting when you are still 20 kilometres from the skid north of Gisborne and the road, halfway up the range, surrounded by grass paddocks for miles, suddenly looks like a hillbilly’s driveway due to cyclone damage. Out the gate steep and narrow and it’s got a twist in it. Surely log trucks or even regular trucks would fall off the side of this trail? Maps app says it’s a public road.
We have just driven past big warning signs announcing major risks ahead. I guess this is...
NZ Logger Feature Sections June 2024
Looking Back; A day in the sawmill
In this pictorial, Ron Cooke, a former Taumarunui engineer and now a sprightly 84-year-old historian happily researching and publishing local King Country events from ...
Biomass: Revolutionary plans for NZ’s forestry resources
Volumes of harvested trees on skid sites and landings may soon be manufactured by specialised plants locally. Every scrap of timber will be processed into a variety of...
Forest Talk
Big swing yarder production with yoder running costs
Morepork Forest Harvesting’s Harvestline Mk 4, combined with a Sany SY415 Pro, is the focus of the Iron Test in October’s NZ Logger.When Morepork co-director...
Complementary expertise brought together through agreement
An exploration of integrated clean energy, forestry biomass and infrastructure opportunities for next generation bio-industrial precincts in the Bay of Plent...
Feds have positive views on Labour’s climate change policy
Federated Farmers is backed Labour’s plans to tackle the incentives driving productive farmland into forestry, but it has serious questions about wider plans...
Forest owners record major pest control contribution
New Zealand’s forest owners are having a huge impact on the country’s pest control. A new survey shows almost $4 million was spent by large forest comp...
Northland Forestry Awards 2026 to be a night of celebration
The Northland forestry industry will celebrate the nominees and crown the winners this week at its gala awards night.The 2026 Northland Forestry Awards will ...
Reminder of obligations follows prosecution
A fatal incident near Dannevirke has resulted in prosecution and a reminder of the obligations of forestry businesses.Trevor Beale was prosecuted by WorkSafe...
Students’ reflections on forestry conference
Five University of Canterbury School of Forestry students were given the opportunity to attend August’s New Zealand Institute of Forestry Conference in Duned...
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