Scion CEO says processing forestry slash on-site an immediate solution
Portable, container-sized mini-factory could turn forestry waste into high-value products.
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Comment: 'Bloody hell, what's next?'
Marcus Musson looks at the forestry industry post-Cyclone Gabrielle.
Land investors look to acquire Mangamahu estate
The cost to acquire the estate would be almost $64 million.
Revealed: How Myanmar ‘blood timber’ found its way to NZ
Whangārei importer admits "it doesn't look good" teak found to come from Myanmar oligarch.
Cyclone Gabrielle: National candidates fight to widen slash inquiry
The party is ramping up efforts to get Hawke's Bay into the forestry slash inquiry.
The horrific damage caused by forestry slash and vested interests
Industries want govt help to be profitable by reducing industry regulation and taxation.
Forestry’s uncertain future on the East Coast
Recent storms have filled debris across roads and into water. Who will clean it up?
Cyclone Gabrielle: All parties back review into forestry slash
Momentum builds for major review into forestry practices following devastating cyclones.
'It's disgusting': Family mourns death of 'very loving' 11yo on beach
Oliver Shone was a quirky and loving child, family and friends say.
Hard to see upside for forestry until things dry out
Extreme weather in the North Island has had a big impact on forestry.
Forestry review welcomed by East Coast farmers
The East Coast was battered by Cyclone Hale in January.
Gisborne beach tragedy: 9000 locals sign petition for overhaul of forestry industry
A boy suffered fatal injuries in the surf at woody debris-filled Waikanae beach.
Boy’s death after being struck by log at beach: ‘Wake-up’ call for tree-slash operations
The youngster was climbing and standing on the floating log in the shallows, says witness.
Beach tragedy: Boy killed in surf log fall, mayor vows inquiry into wood debris
The youngster was climbing and standing on the floating log in the shallows: witness.
Rebuilding Better: What will NZ agriculture will look like, beyond commodities cycle?
What is New Zealand agriculture going to look like in the decades ahead?
No need for inquiry into forestry practices following Cyclone Hale, minister says
Stuart Nash says forestry companies need to sit down with key stakeholders instead.
Company ordered to pay more than $500,000 for worker’s death in Wairoa forest
Training and supervision was 'inadequate' in lead-up to death of much-loved father.
Danone flicks the switch on $30m biomass boiler for Balclutha dairy plant
Group says it is NZ’s first dairy spray drying plant powered exclusively by biomass fuel.
Opinion: Why this forester says convert fewer farms to forestry
Opinion: Two simple things NZ can do to reduce farm-to-forestry conversion.
'They're making bloody excuses': WorkSafe under fire over forestry death
WorkSafe says the nearest qualified inspector was three hours away in Napier.
Peter Berg: Why Aotearoa’s native forests are worth fighting for
Opinion: Tāne’s Tree Trust on his hard work to build national support for native forests.
'Deeply concerning': WorkSafe under fire following latest forestry death
'What is more important than coming to a fatality?'
Government invests $2m in South Waikato bio feasibility study
The study explores the development of hydrogen and bio-fuels at Tokoroa's Kinleith Mill.
Foreigners double NZ land purchases: post-Covid recovery
Largest deals are often offshore parties selling Kiwi assets to other overseas entities.
Forests would need to triple to account for agriculture emissions
"We cannot simply plant our way out of this problem" - PCE Simon Upton says.
Fieldays offers an inside look into the forestry and wood processing sector
The theme of "Wood – our low-carbon future" will feature at the Fieldays Forestry Hub.
'Not appropriate': WCRC opposes exotic forestry in ETS
In particular, the council asked for caution around the "unintended effects" of forestry.
Rob Morrison: Carbon mining - short-term gain, long-term pain
Opinion: Not excluding exotic species in ETS permanent forest category is a big mistake
Comment: Log price rise a flash in the pan
The outlook for the Chinese construction sector is about as rosy as Rotorua's motel strip
Forestry conversions' effect on stock numbers expected to become clearer
B+LNZ's latest stock number survey shows extent of farmland being converted to forestry.
Overseas firms buy Huiarua and Matanui Stations for forestry conversion
Farming groups have raised concerns too much productive farmland is being lost to trees.
Pine trees more pervasive in NZ than originally thought - study
Researchers suggest levy on economic uses of invasive species and stricter regulations.
Farming leader questions value of new rules around converting farms to forestry
Farming leader says no advantage to Northland in new rules.
Draft forestry plan aims for more wood processing in NZ
The government says its plan will transform New Zealand's forestry sector.