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...

Jim Childerstone, long-time columnist for NZ Logger, passed away recently at the age of 90.Along with forestry and writing, he was a man of many talents – fencer, shearer, shepherd mountaineer, keen sportsman and tramper, environmentalist and ‘there wasn’t much he couldn’t shoot between the eyes ...

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, ...