Tall Timber

YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT OUT IN the forest I reckon. I see it as the world’s most dangerous job. The number one thing is staying positive and coming to work fresh and clear-minded. You go to work safe; you work safe; you be safe and come home safe. That’s what I tell each and every person on a daily...

Robert Stubbs stood down as Chairman of the Forest Industry Contractors Association just six months into his tenure, after his business collapsed. The industry’s boom and bust cycle might have become as natural and unavoidable as the seasons but for Robert, and many others, the bust is personal, ...

After nearly five decades championing indigenous forestry, Scion’s and possibly New Zealand’s longest-serving indigenous forestry researcher, Greg Steward has retired. He joined the New Zealand Forest Service as a trainee woodsman 49 years ago and went on to hone his expertise in managing kauri,...