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Timber to frame the future of commercial buildings

13 May 2015
Commercial multi-storey buildings have started to rise in Australia with the tallest to date a five-storey apartment building in Melbourne. To build more and better we need greater engineering expertise. Source: Timberbiz “The Green” by Australand Property Group is a new hybrid constr
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Wairarapa encouraged to take-up grants

13 May 2015
Wairarapa landowners are being encouraged to take up a grant scheme to plant forests, which has just received a $NZ22.5 million boost. Sources: Wairarapa Times, New Zealand Herald Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew made a pre-Budget announcement at Federated Farmers Wair
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NZ’s new afforestation grant scheme

13 May 2015
The New Zealand Government this week confirmed a multi-million dollar reboot of the popular Afforestation Grant Scheme (AGS), Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew says. Sources: Timberbiz, Radio New Zealand, Stuff NZ, New Zealand Herald The new version of the scheme will s
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Maybe 100 job loses at Forestry Tas

13 May 2015
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) says it is not convinced job losses at Forestry Tasmania will be limited to 50 positions. Source: ABC News Forestry Tasmania has confirmed 50 jobs will be shed in the next few months as the State Government-owned company is downsized. Twent
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X-Carves 3D From Wood

07 May 2015
The X-Carve is a machine that allows home DIY enthusiasts and makers to create three-dimensional pieces using materials as varied as wood, metal and plastic. Sources: Trendhunter, Timberbiz Currently, makers have to splash out a whole lot of money if they want to work with anything ot
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Southland a hub for energy efficient wood

07 May 2015
New Zealand’s Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges said that Southland is fast becoming a hub for the nation’s energy efficiency activities and he believes this can play a vital role in growing Southland’s economy. Sources: Scoop News, Timberbiz “Southland is home to some excit
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Gunns mill site sale next month

07 May 2015
Tasmanian businesses are hopeful a new industrial development will go ahead on the former Gunns pulp mill site in the state’s north. ABC News Several potential buyers had expressed interest in Gunns’ remaining assets including the Tamar Valley pulp mill land and permits by
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NZ Timber Industry disappointed by Cash Rate hold

07 May 2015
Members of the New Zealand Timber Industry Federation have expressed disappointment at the Reserve Bank’s decision to hold the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 3.5%. Sources: Scoop News, Timberbiz President, John McVicar is questioning the logic of the Reserve Bank’s decision when a large
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Low pay for contractors may bite back

07 May 2015
Many tāngata whenua work as contractors in New Zealand and according to the general manager of Kajavala Forestry the low pay rates were causing many to leave the industry. Source: Radio New Zealand Forestry workers had been hit hard recently. There was the redundancy of 200 workers at
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Private school sells forest interests in NZ

07 May 2015
New Zealand’s Christ’s College, one of the country’s most expensive private schools, has sold a stake in some Wairarapa forestry blocks to the Chinese for an undisclosed sum. Source: Stuff.co.nz More than 2000 hectares of Wairarapa forests were sold to overseas buyers, acc
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