Prices and demand for New Zealand’s main forestry export, raw logs, fell during the year when China put the brakes on the trade. Source: Radio New Zealand There had been little change in market conditions in China, but foresters were getting a bit more for their logs at the whar

Grafton, New South Wales woodchopper Chris Owen is Australia’s new 375mm standing block champion, but that is only the beginning for him this year as he trains for more woodchopping glory. Source: Clarence Valley Daily Examiner Mr Owen won the title at the recent Brunswick Heads

A New Plymouth New Zealand contractor has been fined NZ$30,000 after an employee rolled a digger down a hill and ended up on ACC for a year. Sources: Stuff NZ, Taranaki Daily News Mangorei Sawmills Ltd (MSL) was sentenced in New Plymouth District Court after pleading guilty to a charg

The Tasmanian government is attempting to remove the term “wilderness” from the state’s wilderness world heritage area. Source: The Guardian (UK) According to The Guardian this could open the vast ecosystem to selective logging, cruise ships and landing strips for aircraft. In a draft

Wyong mayor Doug Eaton’s family company has run a Mannering Park timber business for nearly a decade either without council consent, or without complying with a court-ordered approval condition linked to a road with a history of fatal crashes. Source: Newcastle Herald Now questions ar

Residents neighbouring the Gladstone State Forest were given just days notice of Forestry Corporation plans to carry out ‘toxic’ aerial spraying for the control of grasses and woody weeds. Source: Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun Bellingen Green Action Group spokesperson Susan Weil told th

A timber industry spokesman Andrew Hurford has come out swinging against NSW Labor’s plan to create a 315,000-hectare Koala National Park. Sources: Northern Star, Coffs Coast Advocate The chairman of Timber NSW and managing director of Hurford Hardwood described the plan as R

Universal Forest Products is venturing outside of North America by acquiring a majority interest in Integra Packaging, a manufacturer and distributor of integrated packaging products based in Brisbane, Australia. Source: MLive Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed in a news rele