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Set price for NZ logs

19 March 2015
New Zealand First Leader the Right Hon Winston Peters is calling for a log price to be set to end the regional devastation that has occurred with so many sawmill closures. “In the past decade nationwide more than 20 big sawmills, and many smaller ones, have closed with the loss of mor
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FICA to help fragile foresters

19 March 2015
Just as the local failure of HarvestPro came to light the same thing appears to be happening in related markets on Canada’s west coast and around New Zealand. Sources: Timberbiz, Scoop NZ, Radio New Zealand Operating losses by contractors of over half a million dollars in six months h
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HarvestPro employees lose out

19 March 2015
At least 60 Gisborne-East Coast New Zealand forestry workers have lost their jobs as harvesting contracting company HarvestPro is caught up in the financial difficulty of its parent company Kiwi Forestry International. Sources: Gisborne Herald, Last Thursday five Gisborne forestry cre
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ANZIF conference contents

19 March 2015
The 8th ANZIF Conference “Beyond Tenure: Managing forests across the landscape will cover all aspects of modern Australasian forest management. Source: Timberbiz Professor Ross Garnaut will set the scene in a keynote address on population and development in a changing world. Australia
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Experience a Habitech home

19 March 2015
This Saturday 21 March, Habitech will host an open day at its Hawthorn Solar Extension project. Source: Timberbiz This will enable visitors to experience the design and space that the company’s unique modular system can create. While the project is still under construction, with the w
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Ta Ann new veneer plant

12 March 2015
Ta Ann Plywood (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia) is building veneer plant in Bintulu, which will start up the operation in June this year. Source: Lesprom It will use 3000 cubic metres of acacia logs as raw material to produce 1500 cubic metres of veneer. The veneer plant will be built near t
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Timber cladding trends

12 March 2015
  As the industry increasingly focuses on ways to move construction into the factory, pre-finishing timber cladding before it is installed on site could be the next big step for the material. Source: Architecture & Design Timber finishes for exterior cladding applications are
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Trees at Arboretum walk

12 March 2015
Enjoy one of the country’s greatest collections of native and exotic trees on a guided walk through the William Hall Arboretum in Thames New Zealand. Sources: Scoop Media, Timberbiz The Arboretum is the oldest in New Zealand and consists of trees from New Zealand and elsewhere s
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Iwi regain Aupouri forest

12 March 2015
Part of Northland’s Aupouri forest in New Zealand has been returned to local iwi by the Crown after leasing the land for almost half a century. Source: Radio New Zealand The Crown leased the land for 99 years in 1966 but that was later negotiated down to the end of the first for
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Fine drops for NZ forestry death

12 March 2015
A forestry foreman fined over the death of a worker has had his penalty slashed by NZ$20,000. Source: Radio New Zealand Robert Ruri-Epapara died after being hit by a tree felled in a forest near Rotorua in March 2013. Major Nelson, who felled the tree, previously pleaded guilty to fai
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