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New programme to boost mid-rise timber construction

A new programme launched today aims to boost mid-rise building construction using New Zealand-engineered and panelised framing timber and deliver a range of regional, social, environmental and other benefits.
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Billion trees drive could threaten mānuka industry

19 Oct: 11:15 |  A government scheme giving away mānuka seedlings could threaten future earnings from the trees according to botanists who say enthusiasm for planting is getting ahead of scientific understanding. Unitec associate professor Peter de Lange has been researching New Zealand mānuka and suspects there are at least three different types of mānuka in New Zealand, each with possible different properties. “Mānuka honey as an industry is going to make us quite a lot of money but in fact there are chemical compounds, essential oils in particular, that are way, way more valuable than mānuka honey.” De Lange…

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Future of Work for New Zealand’s Forestry and Wood Processing: Much more than logs

A symposium to start a discussion on the future of work in forestry and wood processing has shown New Zealand is sitting on a mountain of un-tapped opportunity.

  • Source A FirstUnion release
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Forest Practice Guides launched

Forest Practice Guides launched
The Forest Owners Association has today launched a series of 28 Forest Practice Guides.

  • Source A Forestry Owners Association release
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Foreign forestry deal promises to support 'billion trees' plan

Commercial forest harvests are expected to peak over the next 10 years.

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New Forests Fully Invests ANZFF2 Forestry Fund with New Zealand Acquisition

SYDNEY & DUNEDIN, New Zealand & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 9, 2018--Forestry investment manager New Forests is pleased to announce its Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 2 (ANZFF2) has acquired a 38% shareholding in Wenita Forest Products Ltd (Wenita) and full ownership of the Otago Land Company, which holds 22,500 hectares of freehold land on which Wenita operates via forestry rights. New Forests is acquiring the assets from The Rohatyn Group (TRG), a specialised asset management firm with expertise in emerging markets and real assets, which first purchased the Wenita shareholding in 2005 in a joint venture with Chinese logistics company…

  • Source BusinessWire
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NZ Institute of Forestry proposes new national forest policy

The New Zealand Institute of Forestry proposed the introduction of a new national policy for the industry at the sector’s annual conference in an effort to help the government “develop sound long-term strategies for forestry development."

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Govt officials weaken local forest rules

  Forestry slash surrounds Wiggan Bridge in Gisborne.
New national rules governing plantation forestry are in some cases weaker than district rules, causing concern for communities living close to erosion-prone land. Farah Hancock reports for Newsroom.

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East Coast forestry: Replanting 'required' under contracts

Contractual obligations making it hard for forestry owners to pull out of the East Coast could leave farmers stuck with the hill plantations that have led to massive damage.

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'More than enough' wood fibre to supply proposed $180M Kawerau plant, report says

Concerns that there may not be enough wood fibre to supply a new $180 million particleboard plant proposed for Kawerau have been quashed by an industry study which concludes "there is more than enough wood available" although it notes the increased demand

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Sumitomo Forestry's NZ unit posts record annual profit after buying Hancock forests

Sumitomo Forestry NZ, the local unit of the Japanese timber conglomerate, posted a record profit last year after buying the timber plantations of US forestry investor Hancock in 2016 to secure more supply for its wood processing plant

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Te Hiku Iwi says adding forestry rights to overseas investment regime stifles global partnerships

Apr 05, 2018  - Te Hiku Iwi opposes bringing forestry rights into the Overseas Investment screening regime, arguing they will have a material impact on the value of their land and compromise their ability to attract overseas partners
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