Press Release – Village PR

Jail-time Possible if Workplace Health and Safety Ignored 25 July 2014 TAURANGA: A leading employment lawyer is warning all New Zealanders to make health and safety a top priority in their workplace to avoid being held accountable under new legislation … Read more »

Press Release – TBfree New Zealand

A joint project between TBfree New Zealand and the Department of Conservation (DOC) showed no effect on native ruru (morepork) following an aerial pest control operation in Southland this winter. Read more »

Press Release – Forest Industry Engineering Association

Like it or not, thermally and chemically modified wood along with wood plastic composites (WPCs) are now a commercial reality. Theyre already being produced in commercial quantities in both Australia and New Zealand. Theyre competing – but can complement … Read more »

Press Release – Forest Industry Contractors Association

The devastating effects of storm damage in Northland continues to have a significant and lasting effect on forest contracting businesses, as infrastructure repairs have been delayed in the far North. Read more »

Press Release – Independent Forestry Safety Review

The formal consultation process for the Independent Forestry Safety Review has now been completed. The Panel has received feedback on its consultation document. This included 111 written submissions from government agencies, forest industry stakeholders … Read more »

Press Release – KordaMentha

The receivers of Southern Cross Forest Products Ltd (in receivership) (SCFP) have confirmed the sale of the companys Milburn sawmill and Millstream drymill assets in Otago to Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd (Pan Pac). Read more »

Press Release – NZ Drug Detection Agency

Whangarei, 16 July 2014: Moves to help keep workplaces safe and drug free have been given a boost with a new state-of-the-art, 4WD mobile drug testing van in Northland. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

Subsequent to the granting of leave by the District Court, Helen Kelly President of the CTU has filed charges in the Taupo District Court against forestry employer M & A Cross Limited for alleged breaches of the Health and Safety in Employment … Read more »

Press Release – STIMBR

Rotorua forest industry consultant Don Hammond is the new chairperson of STIMBR Stakeholders In Methyl Bromide Reduction Incorporated. Read more »

Press Release – NZIF

Leaders in the forestry industry were recognised at the New Zealand Institute of Forestrys annual awards dinner held in Napier last night. Read more »

Speech – New Zealand Government

You have asked me to talk about what this Government is doing to support the forestry sector to create value. I will then discuss some challenges, especially an urgent one concerning health and safety. Read more »

Press Release – Thames Coromandel District Council

Do you have room for one more staff member in your business? This is the question being asked by Work and Income to the local community on behalf of the affected Thames Timber staff and their families. Read more »

Press Release – Competenz

A review of qualifications for forestry workers led by industry training organisation Competenz has resulted in new qualifications being developed with an increased focus on health and safety, and environmental protection and quality. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

July 2 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand commodity prices fell for a fourth straight month in June, led by apples, logs, whole and skim milk powder. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

June 27 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand export log prices to China, which have dropped by about a third to $87 a tonne in the past three months, may start to stabilise next month as supply eases, slowing an inventory build up on the ports of Asia’s … Read more »

Press Release – Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers West Coast is staggered by the rhetoric on the Wind Thrown Trees Bill, passed under urgency last night, which allows for the recovery and use of native timber felled in Cyclone Ita. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

John Key should stop playing politics with the issue of harvesting windfall timber on the West Coast and give time for a responsible consideration of legislation, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. Read more »

Press Release – Wood Resources International

New Zealand is now the worlds largest supplier of softwood logs with exports increasing fourfold to almost two billion dollars in five years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly Read more »

Press Release – University of Auckland

Plans to allow removal of windblown trees in West Coast forests will have a detrimental impact on forest health and remove a potential food source for native species including kiwi, says terrestrial ecology senior lecturer at the University of Auckland Margaret … Read more »

Press Release – First Union

A snapshot of Worksafe New Zealands Tree Felling Project contains both good and bad news, said FIRST Union General Secretary Robert Reid. On the one hand it shows a dramatic drop in the number of serious harm incident notifications between 1 January … Read more »