Article – BusinessDesk

Forest owners easier target on health, safety lapses under new regime, MBIEs Smol says Read more »

Press Release – NZ Forest Owners’ Association

Recent assessments of forest workplaces by MBIE (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) and ACC have the full backing of the Forest Owners Association. Read more »

Press Release – Ballance Agri-Nutrients

Farmers stand to benefit from a global oversupply of plant nutrients and weak international demand, with Ballance Agri-Nutrients leading the domestic market down in its latest round of price cuts. Read more »

Press Release – CMITO

The Communications and Media ITO is set to merge its operations with Competenz to combine expertise and secure the future of formal workplace training in the print, packaging, journalism and signmaking industries. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Tenon shares surge as it seeks US equities market exposure, flags cash returns By Pattrick Smellie Read more »

Press Release – EPMU

New Zealand workers who are killed on the job deserve justice, not excuses, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. Nine forestry workers have died this year, says Bill Newson, EPMU national secretary. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Dec. 3 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand commodity prices snapped four months of gains as aluminium and whole milk powder fell, though a weaker kiwi dollar shielded local producers from the decline. Read more »

Press Release – First Union

Tachikawa workers and their families will gather tomorrow for a Whanau Day at a local Rotorua marae. There will be presents for the kids, an all-day barbeque and bands and singers. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

The tragic death of another forestry worker the eighth this year – has the Minister of Labour pinning responsibility on everyone but himself, Labours Associate Labour Issues spokesperson Darien Fenton says. Read more »

Press Release – First Union

FIRST Union General Secretary Robert Reid has this afternoon received an assurance from Hancock Forest Management that they will not be seeking any payment from the receivers of Tachikawa Forest Products ahead of the preferential payment for Tachikawas … Read more »

Press Release – First Union

Tachikawa workers will picket the offices of a local forestry company in Rotorua today, who workers now understand is the company holding up the preferential payment of their redundancy pay before Christmas. Read more »

Press Release – Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers, together with the New Zealand Forest Owners Association the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association have today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build the relationship between foresters and farmers. Read more »

Press Release – Forest Growers Levy Trust

The Trust set up to collect funds for activities that will benefit all forest owners is delighted to have received government approval for a levy on forest products from January 1. Read more »

Press Release – Rotorua District Council

Works have started on an innovative new toilet, shower and changing room facility at the Waipa mountain bike carpark, with the building featuring an overhead cycle bridge and providing a stunning gateway into Whakarewarewa Forest. Read more »

Press Release – Ministry For Primary Industries

A 45 year-old Takaka man was fined $3,000 in the Nelson District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to two charges relating to milling indigenous timber. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Police

Police are in attendance in White Pine Bush Road, Whakatane District where a logging truck has tipped over. Read more »

Press Release – MYOB

New Zealands rural sector continues to find the going tough as it faces a high dollar, uncertain international markets and rising production costs. However, things are looking up, with more than double the proportion of SMEs expecting an annual … Read more »

Press Release – FAO

33 countries from Asia and the Pacific examine the potential for a more efficient and prosperous development of forest products across the region Read more »

Press Release – Forest Growers Levy Trust

Fourteen candidates are standing for six positions on the board of the Forest Growers Levy Trust, the new body representing the interests of forest owners. Read more »

Press Release – Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment

A Taupo-based forestry contracting company has been fined $67,500 following the death of one of its crew members in a tree felling accident near Pongaroa in northern Wairarapa in November last year. Read more »