Ngai Tahu, the principal Māori iwi of the southern region of New Zealand has bought nearly 23,000ha of pine trees from the Crown's West Coast Timberlands forest. Source: Radio New Zealand

A group of leading Australian commercial architects is visiting New Zealand this month to come up to speed with developments in the use of engineered wood in commercial buildings. Sources: Voxy NZ, Timberbiz

Australia’s home building industry mourns the loss of a one of its greats this week, with the passing of West Australian builder Len Buckeridge. Source: Timberbiz

Australia is helping to combat illegal logging in the Asia-Pacific with the launch of four projects in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea under a $2 million agreement with the International Tropical Timber Organization. Source: Timberbiz

Glenelg Shire will find another timber harvesting officer to avoid confusion about truck routes around plantations after the state government stopped funding. Source: The Standard

A Tasmanian timber company has relocated some of its business to central Queensland. Source: ABC News

The first multi-storey post-earthquake timber building using low-damage post-tensioned timber technology has opened in Christchurch. Source: Voxy NZ

The O’Farrell government has opened the way for the state’s forests to be used to generate electricity in a move blasted by the Greens as “devastating”. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald