A pocket rocket
You know it’s going to be an interesting day when you have to drive around eight goats sleeping on the state highway in the dark on the way to work. The older ones scampered out of the way but some of the younger ones were still rubbing sleep out of their eyes as we went past and began accelerating again.
A few hours later it was turning into a nice sunny day as we approached the Gaddum Construction forestry roading site just out of Kawhia near the Oparau Store.
The loggers around here have had qu...
NZ Logger Feature Sections May 2023
Special Feature: The Science of Slash
Forestry, a significant New Zealand land-based industry, has become a media whipping boy in recent times.Headlines scream: “Pastoral land covered in exotic pine ...
Looking Back: Log shoot of note at Kakahi
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica} Photographic examples of genuine log shoots in New Zealand are difficult to locate but historian Ron C...
Forest Talk
Clear-fall operation for Armidale State Forest
A clear-fall operation is set to start in Armidale State Forest to remove dead and dying pine trees, which present a public safety risk. The northern se...
ETS forestry registry legal action dropped
Minister of Forestry, Todd McClay, has welcomed a decision by forestry sector representatives to drop Judicial Review proceedings related to the Emissions Tr...
Excavator expertise on display
Masterful machine control and nerves of steel saw Dunedin’s Josh Keane power his way to victory against 19 of Otago's best excavator operators at the Civil C...
Forestry still crucial under science sector reform
The New Zealand Forest Owners Association (NZFOA) says the Government’s decision to merge the country’s seven Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) could strength...
Reach and power
“Forest Pro has two crews in in the mighty Mangatu Forest. Its original crew is a classic European style ground-based logging operation with processing in th...
Rotorua speed limit changes concerning
Returning speed limits on Rotorua roads to higher speeds could spell trouble, residents say, following the Government announcement that it will reverse or co...
Sound science needed to assess carbon impacts of timber harvesting
Forestry Australia has welcomed a new study on the relationship between timber harvesting and greenhouse gas emissions published in Australian Forestry ...
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