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Category: NZ Forestry
Tree near Rotorua playground sparks safety concerns
A former farmer and forestry worker says he is "genuinely concerned" a tree near a playground in a Rotorua park will fall and "kill someone".
NZ First-linked company in government loan bid says it met with Shane Jones
A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First says it gave a presentation to Shane Jones about a project it was seeking a $15 million …
Fires set stage for irreversible forest losses in Australia
Australia’s forests are burning at a rate unmatched in modern times and scientists say the landscape is being permanently altered as a warming …
New Zealand’s threat of over-tourism seen in Wanaka’s proposed second airport
Tourism ventures diversify high country land-use and provide an alternative to mining or forestry economies. But one of the troubles with tourism and …
Tangoio fire ‘100pc controlled’ as rain eyes up northern Hawke’s Bay show
and the firefighting had been handed back to forestry company Forest Management New Zealand, but warned it didn’t mean the fire was “completely …
Logging makes forest fires worse, experts say amid Australian bushfire disaster
Allowing logging in national parks would increase the intensity of bushfires by boosting the amount of flammable fuel and creating additional "kindling" …
Fire still burns at Tangoio in Hawke’s Bay
*Napier forest fire ‘contained’ as weather aids the battle … Forestry Management New Zealand CEO Steve Bell said they were still yet to assess how …
We need to learn from Australia and prepare better for bush fires
OPINION: As the Australian fires still rage and our New Zealand skies turn … Te Uru Rākau/Forestry New Zealand has looked at the support it could …
Holiday phone call leaves dozens without jobs as South Waikato sawmill shuts down
Putaruru’s Pacific Pine timber processing and sawmill in Domain Rd has closed and gone into receivership leaving almost all of its approximately 60 …