50-Tonne Titan
The mountain men of logging is what first crossed my mind when we arrived at NAB Contracting’s steep and bluff-riddled Manawatu block – we needed four-wheel drive just to get to their container – but then I saw that the gun loader operator was a woman named Caitlyn Thomsen. Perhaps Mountain Wo/Men of logging?
“Best loader op I have ever had actually,” says NAB Contracting owner, Nick Bunn. “She doesn’t seem to crack under pressure like some of the previous ops and is very smooth on the machine and trucks, and calm. She sta...
NZ Logger Feature Sections September 2022
Maximising the benefits of mechanisation
The New Zealand forestry industry has seen a huge shift from manual to mechanised harvesting in the past few years, greatly reducing risks to manual fallers and breake...
75 years of Scion
In April 1947, the State Forest Service established a Forest Experiment Station known as the Forest Research Institute beside the existing nursery at Whakarewarewa For...
Forest Talk
Boost for forestry harvesting consent handling
Gisborne District Council last month welcomed the Government’s funding announcement to provide additional capacity to progress forestry harvesting consents i...
Community efforts trashed as trees stolen
A large number of recently planted native trees have been stolen from Ohinetonga Scenic Reserve in Ōwhango, between Taumarunui and National Park.Planted by v...
Drone project to tackle wasps and hornet nests
Researchers are investigating how drones could take the sting out of removing invasive hornet and wasp nests from hazardous, hard-to-reach places.The Bioecon...
Exploring the electrification of forestry
Close to 200 Foresters gathered in Rotorua earlier this week for the HarvestTECH & Wood Transport Logistics 2026 organised by Innovatek.The first address was...
Innovations increase productivity, durability
The December Iron Test comes from the Douglas thinnings at Forest Creek Station on the Rangitata River in Canterbury. The Ponsse Buffalo King at King One Log...
Les Owens, a forestry stalwart
Les Owens is significant figure in New Zealand logging. He cut his teeth in the native logging of the Central North Island, helped in the salvage operation t...
New ACC safety videos for forestry workers
ACC and Safetree have collaborated to help keep forest workers out there doing what they love.The newly released Have a hmmm videos encourage forestry worker...
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