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NZ log market steady despite China tariffs and inventory challenges - Marcus Musson
Sponsored content: Chinese NY slows demand, with log inventories rising to 4 million m3.

Auckland lawyer fined $275k for ‘reckless’ foreign buyer rule breaches
Jarvis admitted setting up structures that circumvented the Overseas Investment Act.

The final reunion: Former NZ Forest Products workers set to gather
Forest workers to descend on Tokoroa from far and wide.

'Significant investment': Sawmill reopening to create hundreds of jobs
Former key employees have been approached with job offers.

‘Wicked problem’: 28 actions addressing Gisborne’s land erosion
Sixty-thousand hectares in Gisborne need vegetation to combat erosion.

Forestry worker injured during workplace accident in North Canterbury
Emergency services responded to the incident at about 12.17pm.

NZ log market steady despite Chinese New Year slowdown - Marcus Musson
Sponsored content: Chinese New Year may extend sawmill shutdowns.

Where it all began: The origins of forestry, NZ’s third-largest export
Kaingaroa lies at the heart of New Zealand's forestry sector.

Logging train revival to help 'deteriorating' Napier-Taihape Rd
'After some pencil-sharpening, we’ve been able to get this agreement in place.'

Marcus Musson: Goodbye 2024 - what’s in store for forestry in 2025?
Sponsored content: Billy Joel could rewrite 'We Didn’t Start the Fire' based on 2024.

Lydia Edwards sentenced to community work for aiding migrant visa breaches
Lydia Noi Edwards was sentenced to 90 hours' community work and her company fined $15,600.

Why this forestry project is a 'win-win for animals and farmers'
Silvopastoral systems are a form of agroforestry involving livestock grazing on pasture.

Hawke's Bay's economic future relies heavily on six industries (and tourism isn't one): Report
Tourism has been left off a top-six list of industries to drive Hawke's Bay's economy.

'Significant opportunity': Could forestry waste power Hawke's Bay industry?
Report says forestry waste to biofuel could heat industrial and commercial operations.

Firsthand forestry experience for Campion kids
Forestry field trip a first for Tairāwhiti high school students.

Return to growth: MPI sees big lift in exports in 2025
MPI expects to see a rebound in New Zealand's primary sector exports in 2025.

Low confidence from Marlborough’s three big industries
'They’re businesses that have a lot of economic significance behind them.'

Gisborne council slaps Aratu Forests with fresh enforcement order
Aratu Forests receives a second enforcement order application in five months.

'Playing with Lego': Criticism of Govt's plan for fewer trees on farms
'It’s trying to fix a problem that’s not there,' the Forest Owners' Association says.

Govt announces sweeping changes to limit farm-to-forestry conversions
Govt says measures will protect productive farmland and allow sustainable forestry growth.

Could biochar be the wonder product for forestry and farming?
Charcoal-like product is made from smouldering woody offcuts in large kilns.