24 March 2014
A robot "Tarzan" has netted a group of Canterbury engineering students a national engineering award.
Forestry News
The small and the soaring take national timber design awards
18 March 2014
A tiny family bach at Otago’s Taieri River mouth and a stunning aquatic centre on Wellington’s Kapiti Coast are joint supreme winners of the 2014 NZ Wood Resene Timber Design Awards.
Minister congratulates Timber Design winners
18 March 2014
“Innovative designs in wood are giving us a whole new kind of building. The best of what is being built today is strong, sustainable and thermally sound.”
Wood Council says China FTA needs fixing
19 March 2014
Forest and wood processing representatives have heard that New Zealand's free trade agreement (FTA) with China isn't working for them and needs to be fixed.
Support for Forestry in NZs climate change policy space from WWF
19 March 2014
WWF welcomed the announcement today of Labour’s plan for developing New Zealand’s forestry industry.
Safety review panel gets into the bush
12 March 2014
A group tasked with felling the high rate of forestry deaths is taking time to learn how the job is done safely.
Health and Safety Reform Bill introduced
10 March 2014
The biggest health and safety reforms in 20 years are today one step closer with the introduction of the Health and Safety Reform Bill says Labour Minister Simon Bridges.
Wood innovation attracts Australian architects
6 March 2014
A group of leading Australian commercial architects is visiting New Zealand this month to come up to speed with developments in the use of engineered wood in commercial buildings.
Super Fund sells slice of Kaingaroa to iwi
3 March 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has sold a 2.5 per cent stake in New Zealand's largest forestry business Kaingaroa Timberlands to six central North Island iwi for an undisclosed price.