Shaws Iron Test - Low-impact logging
The first thing we notice about Mangoihe Logging’s operation is lots of big new gear moving around good stockpiles of logs. The second thing is the minimal impact on the environment, with a notable lack of soil disturbance and soil exposure in the cutover. The scene is one of efficiency and organisation, where state-of-the-art machinery seamlessly navigates through neatly arranged log stockpiles.
It’s a good advertisement for the industry, challenging traditional perceptions of forestry, particularly being ri...
NZ Logger Feature Sections September 2023
Looking Back - A day in the bush
I didn’t fully appreciate at the time how close native sawmilling was to becoming extinct in the sense that excessive logging after World War 2 was leading to concerns...
Special Feature: Machine Maintenance - Plan, prepare and know your limits
One in six serious harvesting accidents happen during repair and maintenance activities – anything from puncture wounds and crushing to fractures and lacerations, says...
Forest Talk
Farewell to a forestry stalwart
Jim Childerstone, long-time columnist for NZ Logger, recently passed away. Along with forestry and writing, he was a man of many talents – fencer, shearer, s...
Gene editing research to benefit NZ forestry
As part of research aimed at improving wood quality and producing materials to support New Zealand’s bioeconomy, Scion has launched the world’s first field t...
“Investment boost” welcomed by wood processors and manufacturers
A new tax incentive, “Investment Boost”, that allows businesses to immediately deduct 20% of the costs of new assets (or second-hand assets purchased from ov...
Janus electric now trading on the ASX
Janus Electric Holdings, the pioneering Australian manufacturer of electric truck conversion systems and swappable battery infrastructure, commenced trading ...
Largest Australian forestry land acquisition in a decade
In a landmark acquisition, forestry and sawmill business, OneFortyOne, has taken ownership of the former New Forests-managed Limestone Coast plantation fores...
Massive port access fee increase “a cash grab”
In an unpleasant surprise for the freight industry, Auckland Council-owned Port of Auckland has announced that Port access charges for road transport operato...
Solid and reliable
When our Iron Test team arrives at A&R Logging’s Patutahi swing yarder operation, the recently upgraded i.Log Madill 124 is pulling logs downhill. The team i...
"if a tree falls in a forest...?"
Forest Talk will hear it!
